A militiaman of the armed group URDPC/ Codeco from the Lendu community makes a stop sign at a religious procession of the Codeco sect in the village of Masumbuko, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on September 18, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Eighteen civilians were killed in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday by a notorious ethnic militia, which attacked a church building where displaced people had taken shelter, local and church sources said.
The incident took place in the village of Kilo, in deeply troubled Ituri province, they said.
