Kenyan man detained in DR Congo over church bombing that left 10 dead
Soldiers in Democratic Republic of the Congo on November 16, 2022. The DR Congo army has detained a Kenyan linked to a January 15, 2023 church bombing that left at least 10 dead and 39 injured. PHOTO | ANADOLU AGENCY via AFP
Congolese authorities are holding a Kenyan suspected to be a member of the proscribed Ugandan terrorist group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and who is said to have masterminded the attack on a church in North Kivu that left 10 people dead on Sunday.
Congolese authorities did not release his name when he was arrested on Sunday, but Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) on Monday identified him as 29-year-old Abdirizak Muktar Garad, who hails from Wajir County, northern Kenya.
