At least 36 killed in suspected ADF attack in east DR Congo
Congolese soldiers patrol Mwenda village after an attack in 2021 by the Allied Democratic Forces. Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 36 people in East DRC, a local official and the head of a civil society group said on March 9, 2023. PHOTO | ALEXIS HUGUET | AFP
“Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack on a village in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,” a local official and the head of a civil society group said on Thursday.
The sources said the assailants were believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group based in East DRC that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State and wages frequent deadly raids on villages.
