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2025-07-28 Africa Subsaharan
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Gunmen kill more than 20 people during church service in DR Congo
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Militants from the extremist group "Alliance of Democratic Forces" (ADF)
| …they started out as Salafists in Uganda, but after a bit too much nastiness were driven into eastern DRC, where they eventually signed up with ISIS as well as snagging funding and training from the government of Sudan on top of taxing local illegal loggers and miners …. |
killed more than 40 people in the village of Komanda in Ituri Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This was reported on July 27 by the Congolese radio station Okapi.
An armed group attacked the village on the night of July 27, the media reports. 43 people were killed, including 20 parishioners who were inside the church for night prayer. The militants set fire to several public buildings and private homes.
"According to military authorities, the alarm was raised at around 2am after smoke rose from burning houses. When they arrived, the attackers had already left the scene. They reportedly left their stronghold on Mount Hoyo and headed along Bogi Road, located about 12 kilometres from the centre of the Command, to carry out these actions," the publication reported.
The government forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, together with units of the Ugandan army operating in Ituri province in coordination with the government of the DRC, are currently searching for the militants.
The anti-government group ADF was formed in Uganda in 1995. In 2003, under pressure from the Ugandan armed forces, ADF units retreated and took refuge in the eastern regions of the DRC, from where they regularly carry out attacks on military and civilian targets.
In April, 148 people died when a wooden boat sank in the DRC. According to Kompetent Loyoko, the commissioner for river affairs, a fire broke out on board while one of the passengers was cooking. There were about 500 passengers on the boat. Dozens of passengers, including women and children, panicked and jumped into the water, dying because they did not know how to swim.
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