Militia Kills 69+ in DR Congo Amid Security Crisis
Local sources said the attackers delayed burials for days as fighting in the area left civilians exposed to further violence.
- On Saturday, local and security sources told AFP that a Codeco militia attack in Ituri province killed at least 69 people on April 28, though civil society leader Dieudonne Losa said the toll exceeded 70.
- The Codeco militia claims to defend the Lendu community within the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mineral-rich eastern provinces have been plagued for three decades by conflict involving various armed groups.
- Continued insecurity caused by the presence of Codeco fighters delayed recovery of bodies for several days, with only 25 buried and several remains still unrecovered near Bassa village.
- Earlier on Saturday, the UN mission MONUSCO warned of a "deadly" wave of attacks in the east, stating "dozens of civilians have been killed in recent days" across the region.
- Separately, security sources reported on Thursday that Allied Democratic Forces fighters killed at least 36 people in Ituri and North Kivu in two days of attacks, illustrating broader regional instability.
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Bunia. At least 69 people, mostly civilians, died in late April at the hands of armed men affiliated with the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (Codeco) militia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local and security sources reported yesterday.
65+ People Killed After Attacks on Multiple Villages in Eastern DRC
Already a subscriber? Make sure to log into your account before viewing this content. You can access your account by hitting the “login” button on the top right corner. Still unable to see the content after signing in? Make sure your card on file is up-to-date. Armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed over 65 people in a series of attacks across multiple villages in the country’s northeastern Ituri province. Some shi…
Militia kill at least 69 in DR Congo
A militia attack killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local and security sources told AFP Saturday. For more than 30 years the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground between various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines. Two ethnic groups -- the Hema and the Lendu -- have been locked in a long-running violent conflict in Ituri, a gold-rich prov…
The massacre occurred in Ituri province, one of the areas most affected by armed violence and inter-community conflicts in the north-east of the African country.
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