Mukondi massacre

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Mukondi massacre
Part of Kivu conflict
LocationMukondi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
DateMarch 8–9, 2023
Deaths39+[1]
36 (per regional governor)[2]
44 (per local groups)[2]
InjuredUnknown
Perpetrator Islamic State

During 8–9 March 2023, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a massacre in the village of Mukondi in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Background[edit]

The ADF is a Ugandan Islamist group who in 1996 began their insurgency, including a massacre in 1998 in Kabarole District in the Western Region, Uganda. They later spread to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing thousands of civilians, including a massacre in Beni in 2016.[3] Since the late 2010s, the ADF are aligned with Islamic State.[3] In North Kivu, in the northeast of the DRC, in January 2023, the ADF carried out massacres in Kasindi and Makugwe.

Massacre[edit]

During the night of 8–9 March 2023, the ADF used machetes to carry out a massacre in Mukondi, a village in North Kivu.[3] Locals claimed that the attackers "came in a group, like visitors", until they began attacking people with machetes.[4] The assailants attacked while villagers were celebrating International Women's Day, using machetes to kill over 30 people in Mukondi before killing several others in the nearby village of Mausa.[3][5] The ADF also set fire to 15 houses and a clinic.[3] Seventeen people were taken to hospital.[3] Initially, the provincial governor of Kivu region Carly Nsanzu Kasivita gave a death toll of 36, while local sources put it at 44.[6]

According to local officials, the death toll rose to over 39 killed in the following days, with a large amount injured.[5] Some residents of Mukondi returned after the attack.[5] Congolese army spokesman Anthony Mualushayi stated that the Mukondi attack was carried out in reprisal to a Congolese operation arresting 22 ADF militants and pharmacies allegedly supplying them with bomb-making chemicals.[6]

The Islamic State, which the ADF is a part of, released a statement claiming responsibility for the attacking and claiming it killed "Christians".[7] Mukondi chief Deogratias Kasereka claimed that per modus operandi of the ADF, no guns were used in the attack.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kambale, Erikas Mwisi (11 March 2023). "Survivors of deadly raid in east Congo return to torched village". Reuters.
  2. ^ a b Mwisi, Erikas (10 March 2023). "Islamist militants kill at least 35 in east Congo village, army says". Reuters.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Desolation in east DR Congo village after ADF attack
  4. ^ a b AfricaNews (2023-03-11). "Survivors of hacking attack recount ordeal at the hands of ADF militia". Africanews. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ^ a b c Kambale, Erikas Mwisi (2023-03-11). "Survivors of deadly raid in east Congo return to torched village". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  6. ^ a b Mwisi, Erikas (2023-03-10). "Islamist militants kill at least 35 in east Congo village, army says". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  7. ^ "IS group says it killed more than 35 'Christians' in Congo". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.

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