Attackers kill 14 civilians, one soldier in Congo IDP camp

Codeco militiaman.

A militiaman of the armed group URDPC/ Codeco from the Lendu community makes a stop sign at a religious procession of the Codeco sect in the village of Masumbuko, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on September 18, 2020. PHOTO | AFP

Fourteen civilians and a soldier were killed by militia on Monday night at the Loda camp for displaced persons in Ituri province, northeast DRC, reports say.

According to Jules Tsuba, the head of an association of civil society groups in Djugu territory, the rebels beheaded most of the victims.