2014 Mutarule attack

2°59′3″S 29°5′35″E / 2.98417°S 29.09306°E / -2.98417; 29.09306

2014 South Kivu attack
Location of South Kivu in Democratic Republic of the Congo
LocationMutarule, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates2°59′3″S 29°5′35″E / 2.98417°S 29.09306°E / -2.98417; 29.09306
Date6–7 June 2014
DeathsAround 35

On the night of June 6–7, 2014, the village of Mutarule, near Luberizi, in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was attacked. Around 35 people were killed in the attack, with the exact count varying. It is thought the attack was revenge for the death of a cattle herder who died in a failed robbery. The attack may have also been ethnically motivated.