Suspected CODECO militants killed at least 16 civilians over the weekend in eastern DR Congo’s troubled Ituri province, local sources said Monday.
The attack occurred early Sunday afternoon in Djugu territory, according to Charite Banza, a civil society leader in the area.
He added that CODECO fighters torched houses in three separate villages and killed 16 people, noting that the death toll was provisional.
A humanitarian worker in the area, who declined to be named, also said 16 bodies had been discovered in the wake of the attack
