Overview

• Volunteers are preparing a mass grave at the church site as bodies remain unburied.
• Military spokesperson Lt. Jules Ngongo confirmed at least 10 fatalities but civil society reports now place the death toll at 34.
• Witnesses say attackers armed with guns and machetes stormed the church around 1 a.m. and torched nearby homes and shops.
• A separate pre-dawn raid on nearby Machongani village left at least five dead and prompted searches for missing residents.
• With an ADF base just 12 kilometers from Komanda, residents are fleeing toward Bunia and demanding immediate deployment of FARDC troops.