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On May 26th, suspected Islamist militants killed at least 22 civilians with knives and machetes in an overnight raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Just over three weeks ago the government declared martial law in North Kivu and Ituri, two provinces bordering Uganda.
A four-month-old baby was found alive on the back of one of the victims, one of seven children from the same family believed to have been orphaned in the latest violence that hit a number of villages around 40 km east of Beni.
Jean-Paul Katembo, head of the Bulongo commune, said the known death toll stood at 22. Several more villagers are believed to have been kidnapped.
He said that responsibility was born by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Ugandan militia active in eastern Congo since the 1990s.
More than 1,200 civilians have been killed in Beni territory since November 2019, according to the Kivu Security Tracker, when the army began an operation aimed at ending the ADF’s insurgency.
The offensive uprooted the ADF from its bases and it split into smaller groups, but the armed group responded by stepping up reprisal attacks against civilians.
On May 17 Uganda announced it had agreed to share intelligence and coordinate operations against the rebels, but that it would not be deploying troops in Congo.
The move came a week after Congolese officials said the two countries would set up an operations center in Eastern Congo to fight the rebels, known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
“Definitely, there will be coordination, sharing intelligence, sharing information and all sorts of security nature kind of activities,” Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso, spokeswoman for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) said.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, following a meeting in Paris with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, also affirmed collaboration with Congo in fighting rebels.
“We will also be alongside the DRC for all the initiatives put in place to strengthen security in the east of its territory, which borders our country,” Kagame said.
In March, the United States labelled the ADF a foreign terrorist organisation because of alleged links to the Islamic State group, although the United Nations has played down the strength and nature of IS influence in Congo.
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May God have mercy on the victims. I would guess they would all be Christians.
Fucking Muslim religion not Muslim people. Only Muslim religious believes do something like this . You don’t see any other religion do something like this. They are animals. They don’t deserve to live on this earth. World should ban teaching of Muslim religion.
We need somehow to make them see that what are they doing is actually real evil. To make them see that everyone life’s is equal in the face of God and that he is really proud of his creation. They are thousands of religious beliefs in the world and we all live in peace ✌, but unfortunately we have at the moment a cult wich their beliefs is world domination. Isis is a cult that is more dangerous than Hitler. Have you ever wondered how life on earth will be now if Hitler would conquer the world.? Hitler will kill entire population of a country if you were not of pure blood, think about that for a second…. So evil 😈 Those who says otherwise they should study more about the mental status of Hitler. So back to Isis… They are praying on fear, they use force to convert people to their beliefs if it dosent work you are no good to them so they will execute you or throwing you in the jail. The same conception as the most dangerous gangs in the world. We as the world population we must make sure that we protect peace on earth.
Don’t see other religions doing this. Ummmm what about the Crusades where the Crusaders , Christians by the way , taught the Muslims this sort of shit. What about the Spanish in South America who were Christians I have been informed did horrendous shit to the locals. Are you just pretending to be stupid as surely no one can be that naïve when it comes to the fact that religion has killed more people than any other cause, Christianity being highest on the list. The Jews learnt a trick or two off the Germans and now they practice as much of that art as they can , ALL of which is based on religion. If you want to dribble shit then at least add a morsel of truth or knowledge to it.
George Carlin on religion. Might help see the light but I doubt if you have the balls to even spend a minute to better yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tp0UNcjzl8
CIA perverts with black face practice necrophilia–blame ISIS