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Africa Subsaharan

At least 17 villagers hacked to death in eastern Congo

2021-01-02

[JPost] At least 17 people were found hacked to death in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ravaged by attacks from Islamist militants, a local official said on Friday.

Donat Kibwana, the administrator of Beni territory, blamed the deaths near the town of Eringeti on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF),

...an Islamist group that started out in Uganda. They don't appear to be affiliated with al-Qaeda or Islamic State. They just like killing infidels...

a Ugandan armed Islamist group which has emerged in recent years as the most lethal of the militias in Congo's eastern borderlands.

"Yesterday morning, Congolese army soldiers were on patrol when they found 17 bodies," Kibwana told Reuters. "The modus operandi allows us to say that the ADF rebels are responsible."

More than 1,000 civilians have been killed in attacks attributed to the ADF in 2019 and 2020, according to UN figures.

Congo's eastern borderlands with Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi have been plagued by attacks by militias, many formed of remnants of groups that fought in Congo's civil wars around the turn of the century.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for many suspected ADF attacks in the past, although UN experts said this week that they have been unable to confirm any direct link between the two groups.

Deutsche Welle adds:

The killings occurred in the village of Tingwe, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the town of Eringeti.

Bravo Muhindo, a civil society representative, put the death toll at a minimum of 30, saying many were beheaded. An unknown number of others were kidnapped.

Al Ahram points out:

The ADF is one of more than 100 militias that plague the eastern provinces of the vast country and has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of civilians over the past year.

Posted by:Frank G

#4 Sorry, TW.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-01-02 15:41

#3 Cuisine stories?

*shudder* Maybe they just took the tongues or something, like buffalo hunters used to do — because they left the bodies behind to be found by the army.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-02 15:01

#2 Cuisine stories?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-01-02 13:37

Posted by: Jiling Gravitch9209 v 2021-01-02 10:31

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