At least ten Christians were killed by Islamists in several attacks at the end of September in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The fatalities were reported by the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium.
Eight were killed in two armed assaults on Lubero, in the north-eastern province of North Kivu, on Sunday 22 September.
Both incidents were announced on the social media channels of Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces).
“The soldiers of the Caliphate attacked the Christian village of Bandolo in the Lubero region,” stated one of the social media posts, “and slaughtered five Christians, praise be to God.”
The other described Islamist fighters attacking a position of the DRC military near the village of Medidi, then killing three Christians in the village as well as burning homes and shops.
On the same Sunday another Christian was captured and killed by ISCAP in the neighbouring province of Ituri.
Four days later, also in Ituri, the Islamists announced that they had ambushed “Christians who were riding motorcycles”, killing one and injuring two others.
ISCAP has been responsible for dozens of deaths in just the last two months. It is estimated that they have killed more than 5,500 Christians in north-eastern DRC since 2017.
Continue to pray for peace in the troubled north-east of DRC, and that Christians will know respite from the violence being waged against them.
