A civil society leader in Komanda told the AP news agency that the attack was believed to have been carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist rebel group.

Gunshots thundered and attackers burst into the church hall, picked out victims, tied them up and shot them dead, survivors of the massacre in northeastern Democratic Republic

At least 43 people, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack on a Catholic church in Komanda in eastern Congo.

More than 40 people were attacked during a vigil in the town of Komanda, DRC. The UN says, the militia group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were behind the attack.

Islamic State-backed rebels killed 38 worshippers at a Catholic prayer vigil in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo at about 1 a.m. on Sunday (June 27) and five other people at a nearby village,

At least 21 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader.

Dozens of people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a church in eastern Congo by a rebel group linked to the Islamic State.

At least 34 people were killed in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader.

Islamic-backed rebels reportedly killed at least 43 people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including raiding a Catholic church early Sunday.

Rebels killed at least 43 worshippers during a night mass in a Catholic church in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials confirm.

According to a statement released Sunday by the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the Islamists killed 43 people (19 women, 15 men and 9 children) and kidnapped several others. The attack took place while the victims, who were murdered with machetes, were in church.