Notorious Militia Attack, Hack 14 Civilians in DR Congo 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 entered Kyamata, in Ituri province’s Banyali Tchabi chiefdom, and killed 14 people “by
Notorious Militia Attack, Hack 14 Civilians in DR Congo
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 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.
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.
Faustin Mboma Babanilau, the president of a cultural association in Banyali Tchabi, blamed the attack on a lack of army presence in the area.
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