Local Official Reports Suspected Islamists Kill At Least 16 in Eastern Congo

At least 16 people were killed by a suspected Islamist rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province.

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), allied to Islamic State, started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles for almost three decades.

The local administration believes the ADF are the perpetrators, taking advantage of the military’s departure to attack the population.

Victims were hacked to death with machetes while in their homes or fields, and some were executed while they were trying to escape.