A homemade bomb exploded early this morning in a church in Beni in northern Kivu, a province in the eastern DRC. Beni, a city regularly plagued by deadly raids attributed to the Ugandan rebels from the ADF. This attack left at least two injured and has not been claimed. An investigation has been initiated.
At 6 o’clock this morning, the Butsili district was shaken by an explosion. A homemade bomb has just exploded in Emmanuel-Butsili Catholic Church. “There is material damage because everything inside was damaged by this bomb. There are mothers who got up early this morning to go and fix the church. They are the ones who came back for the first time and those who were injured, but their lives are not in danger “, says RFI head of the district, Josué Musanzalire.
Prepare the church
These two women had come earlier to prepare the church before an important Mass for the confirmation of two children. The bishop would perform the ceremony. The two injured are being cared for at the hospital and one of them is seriously injured in the foot, according to the neighborhood manager, who also specified that the Sunday Mass could still have taken place.
“We do not know who placed this bomb in the church”
“They are organized at Beni’s general referral hospital. Until then, we do not know who planted this bomb in the church. The examinations are ongoing, but it really also scares the stomach, he adds.
This is the first time a church has been targeted at Beni’s territory, thereADF, an armed rebel group claiming to be an Islamic State, although to date there is no evidence of effective ISIS support.
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