The death toll from the ADF rebel attack in Ngohi, in the Lubero territory of North Kivu, has risen from 11 to 13 civilians, including four women. These people were killed on the night of Sunday to Monday, March 10, during a new attack attributed to the ADF rebels in Ngohi, a village located about 40 kilometers from the city of Butembo.
According to local civil society, all the victims were killed with knives. These 13 civilians, according to witnesses, were all farmers. Vuhinga civil society reports that the victims, surprised in their fields by the attackers, were brutally killed.
The death toll remains provisional, as the fate of other missing persons remains unknown, indicates the same source. This attack, which targeted farmers, also caused the displacement of many civilians to areas considered more secure.
Local sources report that the worst was avoided thanks to the intervention of FARDC soldiers, positioned in the villages of Muhangi and Makoko, not far from the scene of the tragedy. Civil society actors in Vuhinga recommend that the military authorities organize joint FARDC-UPDF operations to track down these rebels who continue to sow terror in the region.
The army is currently pursuing the attackers, who have headed towards the southern part of the village of Ngohi.
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