Overview
- Police said the militia struck a house in Ntoyo, North Kivu, where mourners had gathered for a funeral wake.
- Seventy-one bodies have been recovered and numerous wounded were taken to hospitals, according to police citing the Red Cross.
- The attackers used firearms, machetes and axes, and an eyewitness estimated about ten assailants.
- Local administrator Oberst Alain Kiwewa reported people remain missing and search and identification efforts continue.
- The ADF originated in Uganda, swore allegiance to Islamic State in 2019, and has mounted repeated assaults in eastern DRC, including July attacks in Ituri, in a region contested by more than 100 militias over mineral wealth.