Overnight terrorist attack in Congo, 22 killed

International Desk: At least 22 people have been killed in an attack by terrorists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in Central Africa. Last Saturday (March 18) night in the country's eastern province of Ituri and North Kivu, this incident resulted in a series of attacks by suspected militants. Citing officials of this African country, Reuters reported this information in a report on Monday (March 20). Congo's eastern region has been plagued by persistent violence for years, despite increasing intervention by the country's army and UN peacekeepers, and Saturday's deaths were the latest in a series of destabilisations, the report said.

At least 12 people were killed in a simultaneous attack on several villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province on Saturday, Reuters said. Local officials and civil society leaders blamed an armed group known as the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo, or CODECO. "Despite numerous appeals for a peaceful standoff ... the CODECO militia continued to massacre the vulnerable," Colonel Jacques Disanoya, an official in the affected region of Mahagi, told Reuters by telephone. going.

' Meanwhile, Colonel Alain Kiwewa, administrator of the neighboring Lubero region, said militants killed 10 more in Nguli village of Mount Kyawirimur in North Kivu province. Meanwhile, they kidnapped three others. Kiwewa blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for this attack. He said, "It is a really sad situation. They killed them using knives and other weapons. It should be noted that the Congolese government declared a blockade in North Kivu and Ituri in 2021 to prevent widespread militia violence. But the killings and insurgent activity showed no signs of abating.