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REVEALED: Isil linked armed group kills 19 villagers in dr congo says official | Rare Historical Photos

Deogratias Kasereka, chief of Mukondi village, searches the remains of a house burned during an attack attributed to the ADF in Mukondi, DRC, March 10, 2023 [Joel Bibuya/AFP]

Armed attackers tied up at least 19 villagers and killed them with machetes and other weapons in a raid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late on Sunday, a civil society leader has said.

Other villagers fled but might have drowned as they tried to cross the Lamia River into Uganda, Maurice Mabele Musaidi told Reuters news agency.

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