The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in Congo’s North Kivu province this weekend, according to local authorities and a military spokesperson. A team of forensic and security officers exhumed the bodies after residents of villages in Beni…
BENI, Congo - The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in Congo's Nort
The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in Congo's North Kivu province this weekend, according to local authorities and a military spokesperson. A team of forensic and security officers exhumed the bodies after residents of villages in Beni
"We have just discovered with the army specialists that here was the real stronghold of the terrorists, ADF/MTM (Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State group), it is a serious thing. There are innocent people who have been buried here. This is really a mass grave .
Muyisa Kambale Sindani, a representative of Kilya village, said that the bones of at least 20 people were found, but it wasn't possible to search further because insecurity in the region.