Islamic State-linked militants killed at least 22 civilians in a village in eastern Congo’s Ituri Province early on Sunday.
This was announced by an internal U.N. report and local civil society leaders, the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the region.
The report said the assailants struck Apakolu, about 25 km (15 miles) northwest of Eringeti in Ituri province’s Irumu territory, at around 0400 GMT on Sunday, and abducted an unknown number of people.
Christophe Munyanderu, head of the local rights group known by its French acronym CRDH, based in Irumu, said 25 civilians had been killed, including 15 men whose bodies were found inside a house and seven others along a road.
The attackers were identified as members of the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo that is recognised by the Islamic State as an affiliate.
