Six people murdered, including a baby, in a new attack by the CODECO militia in eastern DRC

MADRID Dec. 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least six people, including a baby, have been killed in an attack carried out by members of the Congolese Development Cooperative (CODECO) militia in the province of Ituri, located in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has also resulted in at least four kidnapped people.

Security sources cited by the Congolese radio station Radio Okapi have detailed that the attack was carried out on Sunday against the town of Kunjagumi, in the territory of Djugu, before adding that the assailants were looking for members of a rival militia.

Likewise, they have stressed that the assailants have set fire to several homes in the area and have fled with around thirty heads of cattle, without there being any claim for responsibility and without the authorities of the African country having commented on the matter. regard.

The CODECO militia are predominantly made up of members of the Lendu community. The increase in their attacks in recent months has brought to mind the conflict between the Hema and the Lendu between 1999 and 2007 over grazing rights and political representation, which left nearly 50,000 dead, in an area shaken by the operations of various armed groups.