Democratic Republic of the Congo: Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) suspected islamists kill at least a dozen of villagers in Bulongo
Attackers killed at least a dozen villagers in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and two civil rights groups said on Monday.
They blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militia active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, which has committed dozens of brutal reprisal attacks on civilians since the army began operations against it in late 2019.
Men armed with knives and other weapons attacked the village of Bulongo, around 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Beni, on Sunday night, the sources said.
“There are 12 bodies lying on the ground,” said Mambo Kitambal, head of a civil society group in Bulongo.