IS group-linked militants slaughter 60 people in eastern DR Congo

A local official says the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) targeted residents attending a burial in the country’s North Kivu province.

Militants linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have killed around 60 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an overnight attack against residents, an official has said.

The Allied Democratic Force (ADF) committed the atrocity at a burial in Ntoyo in North Kivu province, according to the local administrator Colonel Alain Kiwewa.

“The ADF attack caused around 60 deaths, but the final toll will be given later this evening because the territory has just deployed services to the area to count the number of beheaded people,” Kiwewa said.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a survivor described what she saw during the attack.

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