Codeco militants kill at least 51 civilians in east Congo village attack
Commanders of the armed group Codeco walk through Linga village on January 13, 2022, in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Codeco militants have killed more than 51 civilians in eastern DRC.
Armed militants killed more than 51 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a village chief, a lawmaker and a member of a civil society said on Tuesday, with the eventual death toll expected to rise.
Late on Monday, Codeco militants attacked the Djaiba group of villages, setting houses full of people on fire, shooting bullets and beheading residents with machetes.
