Terrorists Suspected of Killing About 20 People in Eastern Congo Raid

Congolese Army soldiers and UN forces inspect an ambush site where an hour previously ADF terrorists attacked two vehicles on the road between Beni and the Ugandan border town of Kasindi, in Kilya, Rwenzori Sector, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 9, 2021. Brent Stirton/Getty Images

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Suspected terrorists killed about 20 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, a local chief and a military official said on Monday.

Both blamed the killings on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group based in eastern Congo that has pledged allegiance to ISIS terrorist group and wages frequent attacks.