Overview
- Police say the overnight raid hit a hospital in Byambwe, North Kivu, on Friday.
- Among the dead were 18 patients, with two others dying in nearby homes set on fire.
- The attackers looted medicines from the facility and burned adjacent houses.
- Authorities attribute the assault to the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia from Uganda aligned with the Islamic State.
- The incident follows a deadly series of ADF attacks, including 52 people killed in one week in August and mass-casualty strikes in September and July.