Fighters believed to belong to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia over the weekend killed no fewer than 10 civilians in two separate attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday.
The ADF fighters killed eight villagers in the village of Boyo, in the northeast Ituri province, and shot dead two other civilians in Kainama, army spokesman Lieutenant Jules Ngongo said.
However, he noted that Soldiers were in pursuit of the attackers.
Local officials confirmed the two attacks, adding that houses were also burned in the violence.
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Kainama lies at the extreme north of North Kivu province, where it borders with Ituri. It is just five kilometers (three miles) from Boyo. Both provinces sit on DR Congo’s eastern border with Uganda.
The ADF militia are Ugandan Islamic fighters who have made their base in eastern DR Congo since 1995.
While they have not launched raids into Uganda for several years, the militia has been blamed for the killings of more than 800 civilians over the past year in both North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK