The United Nations and the military say more than forty people were killed in an attack by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Report says those affected were worshippers taking part in a night vigil at a church in the town of Komanda, when they were attacked by Allied Democratic Forces, ADF, fighters.
The UN peacekeeping mission said nine of those killed were children. Nearby shops and businesses were also looted and set on fire.
The ADF emerged in Uganda in the 1990s, accusing the government there of persecuting Muslims, but is now based over the border in DR Congo, where it regularly attacks civilians of all religions, as well as in Uganda.
It has since become part of the Islamic State’s Central African Province, which also includes a group in Mozambique.
Writing by Ngozi Okpala