https://www.channelstv.com/2022/10/02/14-civilians-killed-in-dr-congo-militia-attack/
Fighters from a notorious militia hacked 14 civilians to death in an attack in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Sunday, in the latest violence to hit the turbulent region.
Suspected ADF militants on Saturday evening entered Kyamata, in Ituri province’s Banyali Tchabi chiefdom, and killed 14 people “by machete”, said Jacques Anayey Bandingama, the head of a local youth group.
The fighters also wounded two others and torched 36 houses in the village, he added.
Banyali Tchabi Chief Etienne Babanilau Tchabi confirmed the death toll to AFP and said that the victims had been buried in a common grave.
“This attack threatens the return of my people,” he told AFP. “My chiefdom is empty. Seventy percent of people are displaced.”…
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) — which the Islamic State group claims as its Central African offshoot — is among the most violent of more than 120 movements active in the region.
It has been accused of slaughtering thousands of Congolese civilians and carrying out bomb attacks in neighbouring Uganda….
Fighters from a notorious militia hacked 14 civilians to death in an attack in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Sunday, in the latest violence to hit the turbulent region.
Suspected ADF militants on Saturday evening entered Kyamata, in Ituri province’s Banyali Tchabi chiefdom, and killed 14 people “by machete”, said Jacques Anayey Bandingama, the head of a local youth group.
The fighters also wounded two others and torched 36 houses in the village, he added.
Banyali Tchabi Chief Etienne Babanilau Tchabi confirmed the death toll to AFP and said that the victims had been buried in a common grave.
“This attack threatens the return of my people,” he told AFP. “My chiefdom is empty. Seventy percent of people are displaced.”…
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) — which the Islamic State group claims as its Central African offshoot — is among the most violent of more than 120 movements active in the region.
It has been accused of slaughtering thousands of Congolese civilians and carrying out bomb attacks in neighbouring Uganda….
