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Wakristo 70 wamepatikana wakiwa wamekatwa vichwa katika kanisa moja katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC), katika shambulio la hivi punde dhidi ya waumini kaskazini mashariki mwa nchi hiyo.
Kulingana na vyanzo vya habari, mnamo saa nne asubuhi Alhamisi iliyopita (13 Februari) washukiwa wa wanamgambo kutoka Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - kikundi chenye uhusiano na kile kinachoitwa Islamic State (IS) - walikaribia nyumba za Mayba katika eneo la Lubero, wakisema: "Ondoka, toka nje na usipige kelele yoyote." Wanaume na wanawake ishirini wa Kikristo walitoka nje na kukamatwa.
Wakitikiswa na tukio hili, watu kutoka jamii ya eneo la Mayba baadaye walikusanyika ili kupanga jinsi ya kuwaachilia wale waliokuwa wamefungwa. Hata hivyo, wanamgambo wa ADF walikizingira kijiji hicho na kuwakamata waumini wengine 50.
Wote 70 waliotekwa nyara walipelekwa katika kanisa la Kiprotestanti huko Kasanga ambako waliuawa kwa kusikitisha.
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Seventy Christians have been found beheaded in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in what’s the latest devastating attack on believers in the north east of the country.
According to field sources, at around 4am last Thursday (13 February) suspected militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a group with ties to so-called Islamic State (IS) – approached homes in Mayba in the territory of Lubero, saying: “Get out, get out and don’t make any noise.” Twenty Christian men and women came out and were captured.
Shaken by this incident, people from the local community in Mayba later gathered to work out how to release those held captive. However, ADF militants surrounded the village and captured a further 50 believers.
All 70 of those kidnapped were taken to a Protestant church in Kasanga where they were tragically killed.
Muhindo Musunzi, director of the Kombo primary school [which belongs to the CECA20 church], says that prior to this incident, churches, schools and health centres had all shut their doors because of the chaotic security situation. “We had to move all activities towards Vunying,” he said.
Field sources report that, until yesterday (Tuesday 18 February), some families had not been able to bury their dead because of insecurity in the area. Many Christians have now fled the area for their safety.
“We don’t know what to do or how to pray; we’ve had enough of massacres,” says an elder of the CECA20 church. “May God’s will alone be done.”
Source: Open Doors
