On Sunday, a makeshift bomb exploded inside a Catholic church in DR Congo's eastern city of Beni, before a children's Confirmation ceremony, leaving two people injured.
The head of police in Beni's town hall Narcisse Muteba Kashale stated that the explosion took place at 0400 GMT (6:00 am local time).
Experts from the UN mission to DRC said: "It is a home-made bomb, a bomb that was set up for an ambush."
Moreover, Beni's vicar general Laurent Sondirya noted that two people were injured in the blast, which went off before crowds would have gathered to attend the Confirmation ceremony.
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"They were targeting a large crowd because the ceremony would bring together children, their parents and the faithful," he told AFP, adding that "mass would not be postponed".
Moreover, an AFP reporter mentioned that traces of blood could be seen at the entrance to the church in the aftermath of the explosion. He added that shards of glass were scattered inside and the sound equipment was destroyed.
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