Earlier, local activists reported over 30 killed.
The massacre occurred from Saturday to Sunday of the Komanda in the province of Ituri in the northeast of the country, near the border with Uganda. The crime was committed by fighters from allied democratic forces (ADF), a group associated with the Islamic State (IS).
Massacre in the church in DRK. The number of jihadist victims is growing
Monusco announced that among the killed 19 women, 15 men and nine children. “According to reports, most victims were killed by a weapon inside the place of worship. A few people were abducted. Houses and shops were set on fire, which further worsened the extremely disturbing humanitarian situation in the province,” they were reported.
“These types of attacks aimed at defenseless civilians, especially in places of worship, are not only outrageous, but also violate all standards of human rights and international humanitarian law,” said the Special Entity of the Secretary General of the United Nations Secretary for Protection and Operation, and after the commander of Monusco Vivian Van de Perre.
Congo -armed forces informed about the “large -scale massacre” carried out by ADF fighters in the church, where “about 40 civilians were surprised and murdered with the help of a machete, and several others were seriously injured.”
It was another crime of rebels in recent years committed in Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The greatest attack of ADF fighters so far have been parked in February, when they murdered about 70 people in a church in Maika, right at the border with Uganda.
