The joint FARDC-UPDF forces, engaged in the hunt for Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, freed 117 hostages in the depths of the Mont Hoyo forest in the Walese-Vonkutu chiefdom in the south of the Irumu territory (Ituri), on the night of Wednesday 30 to Thursday 31 October 2024.
Our intelligence sources confirm that among the freed hostages are 88 men, 25 women and 4 children who managed to escape during the bombing of the positions of these jihadists in the forest of Mont Hoyo, about ten kilometers south-east of Komanda center.
These hostages traveled more than 10 kilometers and spent the night in the Kipeyayo district located south of Komanda, before being recovered this Thursday, October 31, in the morning hours, by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for questioning and identification.
These people were captured in the recent attacks, which targeted several villages in the chiefdom of Walese-Vonkutu and the neighboring territory of Mambasa on the RN4 before crossing the Ituri River, passing through the village of Mungamba, the same sources confirm.
The civil society of the Irumu territory, which also confirms the news, congratulates the bravery of the pooled forces and calls on them to intensify their operations in towns plagued by insecurity.
"We salute the bravery of the FARDC-UPDF joint forces who presented the expected result. We ask them not to stop patrols and lies in areas where the enemy roams here and there," pleaded Pascal Kisezo, coordinator of the said citizen structure.
It should be recalled that the FARDC-UPDF joint forces launched artillery against the ADF rebel positions, located in the Mont Hoyo forest, since 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. This, after the new attack by these rebels reported in the villages of Bambuo and Bukoko, causing 3 deaths and the burning of at least 15 huts.
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