Rwandan combatants attacked a village in eastern Congo today, killing 17 people, wounding 28 others and taking as many as a dozen people hostage, a local rights worker said, citing survivors’ accounts.

RWANDAN Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released yesterday.

Rwandan Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released today.