Exclusive eyewitness testimony reveals horrific details of deadly church attack in African nation

First in FOX – dramatic testimony appeared only to Fox News Digital, and on Sunday, the terrible massacre of the scene by giving new details from the scene of the jihadists in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) worshiped at least 49 Christians in a church.

Nine of those who cut his head were children. The number is not clear, several other children were kidnapped. The attackers were members of the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a sanctioned rebel group with roots in Uganda.

With the help of Open Doors UK, Fox News Digital reached a local church partner of DRC and ran to witness the scene of the attack, just a few hours after it took place. Open Doors is a global Christian charity, supported and speaking for Christians who are persecuted for their beliefs.

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The position of the bodies of those who survived the village and the death of deaths, including a shop owner who managed to become an eyewitness and even if the shop was burned by the attackers, brought together how the church worker attack took place.

Judith, whose name was changed to protect his identity, said Fox News Digital was wrong even before reaching the village. “We could see that people had already separated, carried their bags, turning to safer areas.

“There was no activity in KOMANDA, and people were in groups around the shops and burning places. And people were upset. There was sadness everywhere.”

Fox News Digital learned that those who worship came from the surrounding villages to pray for peace to pray for the Silver Jubilee of the Church and pray for the “security status” – to pray for peace.

“The attackers came,” he said, and they turned to Christians in the church. “Jihadis” killed what they met in the church hall. Those who tried to escape caught and killed them in the compound. And then others who managed to run towards the road were caught and killed. They were all killed by machete. Most of the Christians killed were Catholic. “

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“We don’t even understand all this is why,” he said to Judith, the owner of another shop that was burned.

The UN’s Monusco (Stabilization Mission in DRC) was sent to the “caterpillars” in the village to dig a major crater in the village, which is a collective grave in which simple boxes formed a coffin for the dead. Some of those buried that day had previously been attacked in other areas and came to KoManda for security.

Judith at the funeral ceremony on Monday, “People were running, crying, some were crying for their kidnapped children. A woman cried recently because of marrying, now she was dead. Others were crying because it was interested in me. Now the person is no longer.

“Everywhere there was sadness on sadness. Everything they had disappeared, now they have nothing.”

Senate Foreign Relations Committee President Sen. Jim Risc condemned the attack on Monday on x“This fatal rise in the targeting of Christians makes the peace process supported by @potus and @secrubio.

Open Doors England and Irish CEO Henrietta Blyth, Fox News Digital, “This is really like the massacre of the innocent in the Bible.

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Blythe said that Islamists are trying to create a caliphate with strict Islamic laws in a country with 80-95% Christian.

“Christians do not even sleep in their homes at night. When the extremists attack, they prefer to sleep in the forest under the risk of wild animals instead of sitting in their home.

“This is not an isolated event,” Jo Newhouse, who has six experts for open doors, said to Fox News Digital. He said. The organization reportedly only more than 80 local villagers were killed in other attacks this July. He continued: “The US needs to pay attention to what happened and use your effect for the church. Don’t be blind to what happened here. Beware.”

Judith heard President Donald Trump’s mediating peace agreement between Drc and Rwanda. However, it has not made any difference until now in the eastern part of the country. “We have seen many peace agreements that do not give any results,” he said. He continued: “The peace agreement needed is about ADF. They continue to attack people for now.”

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The villagers saw that Islamist attackers were drawn to a point a few miles away. A local resource says there is no arrest. Another attack can always come.

“If the Trump administration can put pressure on governments such as Uganda and Rwanda to withdraw their forces,” Judith said.