DHAKA: At least 30 people have been killed in an inter-ethnic attack on a village in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Witnesses say the dead included women and children, some killed inside a church where they had been sleeping.

All the victims were of the Bafuliru ethnic background, reports the BBC.

It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attack, but the region has seen ongoing conflict between the Bafuliru and Barundi communities.

BDST: 2044 HRS, JUNE 07, 2014