Overview

• Local officials said attackers struck Monday night in Ntoyo, Lubero territory, killing mourners largely with machetes and also by gunfire.
• AFP reported a death toll of at least 71 as burials began, after earlier provisional counts from administrators put the number near 60 with searches continuing.
• Survivors and civil society leaders accused nearby Congolese troops of failing to intervene in time, and the village largely emptied as residents fled.
• The United Nations mission MONUSCO has condemned the killings as serious violations of international humanitarian law and recently reinforced positions after other deadly raids.
• The ADF, which pledged allegiance to ISIS, has mounted repeated attacks in North Kivu and Ituri since late July, with more than 150 civilians killed in that span according to AFP.