Islamic Militants Kill over 100 Anglicans in Democratic Republic of Congo

Mar 9, 2020 by

By Godfrey Olukya, Virtueonline:

Over 100 Anglicans have been killed by militant Islamists of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the last four months, police and local authorities report.

The Allied Democratic Forces is a rebel group in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, considered a terrorist organization by the Ugandan government. It was originally based in western Uganda but has expanded into the neighboring DRC.

The killings which started in late October 2019 led to Anglicans in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo living in fear of attacks and killings by Islamist rebels. Hundreds have fled their homes over fears of being hacked to death.

Among the killed were two priests. The most affected are villages in eastern Democratic republic of Congo’s Beni region, said police intelligence officer Luis Mboka in Kivu province.

Mboka said that areas in Beni region have seen a surge of violence since October 30th 2019 when the Congolese army started an offensive meant to flush out ADF rebels from the area.

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