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Democratic Republic of Congo's army spokesperson says rebels have burned homes and a car in a neighbourhood in the east of the country where UN peacekeeping forces have a base.
The attack late on Friday into Saturday comes days after eight UN peacekeepers and at least 12 Congolese soldiers were killed in a joint military operation against the Allied Democratic Forces rebels in their Kididiwe stronghold near Beni.
Captain Mak Hazukay Mongha said on Saturday that three houses and a car were burned overnight in the Boikene neighbourhood.
DRC's volatile east is home to many armed groups vying for control of the mineral-rich region. A week of intense fighting has displaced many.
The area is also facing a deadly Ebola outbreak.
Since October 2014, ADF fighters have killed more than 1 500 people in Beni region.
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