more than 30 people were killed in Suspected extremist forces attacks on Sunday and Monday in The local Red Cross said the volatile Ituri province in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, one of The most famous armed groups, “attacked population” in Two villages around Komanda, 75 kilometers (45 miles) south of David Beza, the provincial capital, said, head of Red Cross in Irumu region, Ituri.
As well as attacking villages of Manjusu, where 17 civilians were killed, and Shuri Moya, where nine were killed, the attackers also targeted a bridge over Ituri river, killing Four more, said Pisa.
Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a reputed monitor, was later reported on Twitter, “At least 18 civilians killed in Mangosu Village… on Monday, adding that “the ADF is a suspect.”
Watching group No toll number was mentioned for Shauri Moya Village. “Since yesterday, we heard light And intense fire coming from Mangusu and Shauri Moya,” confirmed Daniel Hirabo, a local civil society leader.
According to Hirabo, the rebels first Shauri Moya entered on Sunday then Manjusu on Monday morning.
“There, the corpses of Some of 17 victims are tied up upand others were slain, others wounded and dead, said Hirabo, who He did not visit villages, but was baptized on colleagues in The area.
He said that fighting between the Allied Democratic Forces and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) continues on Monday afternoon.
ADF rebels, who It is provided by ISIS group As a subsidiary company in Central Africa out extreme violence against Civilians – often with machetes and other white weapons.
The villages that were attacked are just 12 km from the town of Drakba, where 14 civilians, including seven, live childrenwere killed in camp for displaced people A few days ago.
Ituri and the neighboring province of North Kivu are currently under official Country of announced siege last mayo.
Under it, civilian leaders were replaced military or police officers, with Declared goal of Campaign promotion on armed groups. This measure so far failed to bring peace to region.
In late November, Ugandan troops joined Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in proces against ADF, in the aftermath of the bomb attacks in The Ugandan capital Kampala that has been blamed on The group.
The region It was in fist of armed groups for a quarter of a centuryMany of They have a legacy of Congo wars of the nineties and early twentieth century.
Democratic Republic of Congolese Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lokonde is heading a ministerial delegation in the visit of the two regions, which began in North Kivu, the capital of Goma on Monday for evaluation of the state of siege.
