The death toll has risen to at least 34 people in a savage attack by Islamic State-backed rebels on a Catholic church in the eastern Congo on Sunday, according to a local leader.
Dieudonne Duranthabo, a civil society coordinator in Komanda, in the Ituri province, told The Associated Press (AP) that the attackers, armed with guns and machetes, stormed the church in Komanda town at around 1 a.m.
Apparently, Congo security forces were in the area at the time of the Ituri province attack on Sunday.
“We are truly disappointed because it is incredible that such a situation could occur in a town where all the security officials are present,”…
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