Open Doors UK, a human rights organization focusing on persecution of Christians; It has been reported On Tuesday, an extremist group belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) took 70 Christian villages hostage, marching them into churches, slashing their heads and killing them.
Open Door cited sources from the scene that said the massacre took place on February 13th.
The ADF is said to have rounded up a total of 70 Christian villages and driven into a Protestant church in a nearby town. This church, like many people in the area, was Abandoned The security situation was so tragic, by that congregation.
The militants began killing all 70 hostages in the church. According to Open Doors sources, the deceased's family was unable to fill the deaths until a week later, and many surviving Christians fled the area.
Members of the Congolese Red Cross will be burying a body bag containing the remains of the victims of the recent clash in Bukabu on February 20, 2025. (Amani Alimasi/AFP via Getty Images)
“We don't know what to do or how to pray. There has been enough genocide. The church elders of Ceca-20, an evangelical community in Central Africa, said:
The ADF is one of around 100 armed extremist groups fighting for control of the mineral-rich East Congo. ADF is linked to ISIS and is nominally Being alone It overthrows the DRC and Uganda governments to create “caliphate” like ISIS created in Syria and Iraq.
The Ugandan government has sent troops across the border to the DRC to fight the ADF, but these forces have proven to be clearly useless by controlling the stronger and aggressive M23 Rebel Group. Masu. Captured Two major Congolese cities.
Local media reports say the ADF is stepping up its activities in the Northeast DRC, killing at least 200 people in the past month alone. Congolese official I said ADF killed 21 people in three different villages during the Christmas week of 2024.
According to local security analysts, the ADF was pushed back to remote areas in North Kivu, Congo by Ugandan troops, and extremists invaded small bands when they retreated, but these gangs remained a threat. I want to prove that. Their death by attacking isolated villages and committing genocide.
“Open Door strongly condemns this heinous act of violence against civilians and calls on civil society, governments and international organizations to prioritize civil protection in the Eastern DRC, where armed groups such as the ADF are active,” Tuesday.
Social media users following the story I complained The church massacre on February 13th received little coverage from the international media. One of the few civil servants outside the DRC to comment on previous stories was Tristan Azbezi, Hungarian Secretary of State for the assistance of persecuted Christians.
azbej I said On Wednesday, he “feared at learning about 70 Christian martyrs beheaded by terrorists at the Kasanga church in DRC.”
“Hungary is in solidarity with persecuted Christians, but we need more,” Azvezi said. “The world needs to recognize and act on Christian persecution.”
