Daesh terrorists killed 71 people in an overnight attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group founded by former Ugandan rebels who pledged allegiance to Daesh terrorists in 2019, struck the village of Ntoyo in North Kivu province while residents were paying their respects at a funeral, the sources said.
It follows a string of deadly raids by the terrorists across North Kivu and neighbouring Ituri province to the north in July and August, killing scores and shattering several months of relative calm in the restive region.
"For the moment, we have a toll of 71 dead," Macaire Sivikunula, an official in the Bapere sector, which includes Ntoyo, told AFP. Security sources confirmed this to AFP.
"Most of the people who were killed were at a funeral," said Samuel Kagheni, a local civil society leader, adding that at least 14 homes were set alight in the assault.
