Two Congolese soldiers were killed on Monday in an ambush laid by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda in North Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), security sources said on Tuesday.

Residents of Kitshanga locality where the incident happened told Xinhua they heard gunshots throughout Monday night, probably fired by soldiers who had been angered by the killing of their colleagues.

For the last two months, DR Congo army has been carrying out military operations against the Rwandese rebels in North Kivu, South Kivu and Katanga provinces, without the support of the UN Mission for Stabilization of Congo.