At least 16 people were killed by a suspected Islamist rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province, an official from the local administration said on Wednesday.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), allied to Islamic State, started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern DRC for almost three decades.
"We believe the ADF are the perpetrators of this attack. They took advantage of the departure of the military in the area to come and kill the population," local official Fabien Kakule Viriro told Reuters.
The victims were hacked to death with machetes while they were in their homes or in the fields, the official said, adding some were executed while trying to escape.
Reuters
At least 16 killed by suspected Islamists in eastern DRC, local official says
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At least 16 people were killed by a suspected Islamist rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province, an official from the local administration said on Wednesday.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), allied to Islamic State, started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern DRC for almost three decades.
"We believe the ADF are the perpetrators of this attack. They took advantage of the departure of the military in the area to come and kill the population," local official Fabien Kakule Viriro told Reuters.
The victims were hacked to death with machetes while they were in their homes or in the fields, the official said, adding some were executed while trying to escape.
Reuters
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