Kirindera Massacre
On March 12, 2023, jihadists from the Allied Democratic Forces (also known as ISCAP) attacked the village of Kirindera, Beni Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing nineteen civilians. The massacre occurred days after the Mukondi massacre, where the ADF/ISCAP killed around forty civilians, Background The Allied Democratic Forces, an extremist Islamist militant group based near in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, officially pledged bay'ah to the Islamic State in 2018, with IS claiming responsibility for ADF attacks in 2019. The ADF eventually formed to become the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), and attacked civilians en masse in North Kivu. The Kirindera massacre came as part of a larger campaign by ISCAP in early 2023 to attack civilians in Beni Territory. Days before the massacre, around forty civilians were killed in the Mukondi massacre During 8–9 March 2023, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a mas ...
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