DR Congo: At least four dead, 20 missing after rebel ambush

KINSHASA, 03 Septermber 2021, (TON): At least four people were killed on a road in Ituri (northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo) by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who also set fire to a dozen vehicles that were supposed to be traveling in a secure convoy. About 20 people are still missing.

Axperts from the Kivu Security Barometer (KST) said on Twitter “an attack occurred this morning on National Road 4, near Ofai (Irumu territory). More than a dozen vehicles were burned. The final human toll is not yet known."

He told “the convoy was escorted by peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the DRC (Monusco) and the army, said Dieudonné Malangayi, a local civil society leader. "It was at around 10 a.m. that the ADF rebels cut the convoy in the middle, they attacked the vehicles."

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