Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned down a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday, according to two regional officials and a resident.
According to NAN, the attack took place around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) in the village of Kirindera in North Kivu province, just a few kilometers from another attack on a village where at least 35 people were killed last week.
Last week’s attack was blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group based in eastern Congo that has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and conducts regular raids on villages.
Sadame Patanguli, a member of the local civil society and resident of a nearby village, also blamed the ADF for today’s attack.
