At least 14 people, including 9 civilians, four assailants, and a soldier, are killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province after militants attacked worshippers praying in a church.
'The victims were praying to the Lord, but unfortunately, militiamen identified as CODECO opened fire on them,' says civil society leader Dieudonne Lossa. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo group, one of many militias operating in the conflict-ridden east, was behind the attack on Sunday, said Djugu territory administrator Ruphin Mapela and civil society leader Dieudonne Lossa on Monday. "We call on the population to remain calm as the armed forces pursue these criminals to put them out of action," Ituri army spokesman Jules Ngongo Tshikudi said.
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