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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants eliminated 13 people during raids on 2 towns in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the current in a wave of attacks the United Nations says may make up war criminal offenses.

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group operating in North Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo, have actually killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures.

Militiamen bound the victims in the towns of Kinziki-Matiba and Wikeno, 10 km east of the city of Oicha, prior to killing them in the attack on Friday afternoon, said Chui Mukalangirwa, a local village chief.

” We plead the authorities to put an end to this bloodbath,” he stated.

The army assisted civilians bury the bodies and is taking a look at releasing more units in the location, army spokesperson Antony Mwalishayi stated.

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The ADF has actually run in the dense forests near the Ugandan border for more than three years. Late last year the Congo army launched a massive operation versus them, stimulating a violent reaction against civilians.

Several attacks credited to the ADF have actually likewise been declared by Islamic State, although scientists and experts say there is a lack of tough evidence connecting the two groups.

The insecurity has required hundreds of thousands to leave their homes and complicated Congo’s action to the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to an Ebola epidemic that has actually eliminated more than 2,200 people.

Reporting by Erikas Mwisi Kambale; Writing by Hereward Holland; Editing by Mark Heinrich

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