GOMA, Congo (AP) — The M23 rebel group led an attack against the Congolese army in the country’s east to gather more weapons, ending a lull in fighting that has lasted a couple of months, the group said Friday.

Group spokesman Col. Vianney Kazarama said that M23 rebels were leading the attack in Kirolirwe on Wednesday to take weapons from the army. He said that elements from a former rebel group in Congo also helped back the attack — the former National Congress for the Defense of the people, known as CNDP.