Many Christians killed in brutal DRC attacks

There has been yet another series of brutal attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At least a hundred Christians have been killed, with hundreds more kidnapped. Dozens of Christians were killed on Monday, 8 September, while attending a funeral in Ntoyo village, in North Kivu, in the east of the country. “They arrived and started killing. At this funeral place, they coldly murdered 26 Christians,” said Rev. Mbula Samaki of the 55e CEBCE Church Mangurejipa. “Those who tried to flee were shot dead and others were killed with machetes.” The devastating attacks were carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist Islamist group with links to so-called Islamic State. Across the community, dozens more believers were killed in the same way over the course of two days. Rev. Mbula told an Open Doors local partner in a phone call: “The casualty as of now stands at more than 70 Christians killed, at least 100 kidnapped, 16 houses, eight motorbikes and two vehicles burnt. It is horrible.”

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