Mwenda massacre
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| Mwenda massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Allied Democratic Forces insurgency of the Kivu conflict | |
| Location | Mwenda, Beni Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Date | January 4, 2021 7 p.m. |
| Weapons | Machetes and guns |
| Deaths | 23 |
| Injured | 10 |
| Victims | Unknown number of civilians kidnapped |
| Perpetrator |  ISCAP |
On January 4, 2021, jihadists from the Islamic State - Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attacked the village of Mwenda, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 23 people. The massacre came several days after an attack on Tingwe that killed over 30 people.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a jihadist group based in Uganda and the DRC, established contact with the Islamic State to become the Islamic State's Central African Province (ISCAP) in 2017.[1] On December 31, 2020, ISCAP militants attacked civilians in Tingwe, also in Beni Territory.[2] Thirty people were killed in the attack at Tingwe.[2]
Massacre
ADF militants attacked Mwenda at 7 p.m. on January 4, and went door-to-door bludgeoning residents to death with machetes and shooting them as well.[2] Civilian homes were looted and ransacked by the jihadists, and several others were kidnapped.[2] At the same time as the attack on Mwenda, ISCAP fighters killed nine people in a nearby village.[3] Twenty-two people were initially killed in the massacre at Mwenda, and ten others were injured.[2][3] Of the 22 killed, ten were women.[3] The death toll rose to 23 by January 15.[4]
The Congolese Army entered Mwenda after the massacre, and ISCAP militants fled but remained near the town.[3][4]