Attack
2023 massacre
On April 7, 2023, jihadists from the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), also known as the Allied Democratic Forces, attacked the village of Musandaba, Beni Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 26 people.
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On April 7, 2023, jihadists from the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), also known as the Allied Democratic Forces, attacked the village of Musandaba, Beni Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 26 people.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was founded in Uganda in the 1990s, gaining prominence as an Islamist rebel group and conducting deadly attacks on civilians in the early 2010s. The group pledged bay'ah to the Islamic State in 2019 and began carrying out its first attacks under the ISCAP moniker months later. Beginning in 2021, the ADF carried out dozens of deadly massacres against villages in North Kivu, attacking villagers along ethnic and religious lines. Shortly before the massacre in Musandaba, ISCAP militants killed over 30 people in the Mukondi massacre.
On the late afternoon of April 7, ISCAP militants entered the town of Musandaba and attacked farmers in their fields. Many were beheaded while working. The assailants used machetes to avoid alerting any nearby Congolese troops. Nineteen bodies arrived at the Oicha General Hospital, although at least 22 were reported to be killed in the initial report. On April 11, five new bodies were discovered, bringing the total number of killed to 25. One civilian was killed in Mavete.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the massacre on April 8, claiming it was targeting "Christians." The Vicar of Babwisi Parish confirmed that several of the victims were Christians.
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