Residents of Mukondi village in eastern Congo have inspected the burnt-out remains of their homes on Friday and explained how they fled for their lives as rebels cut the throats of people around them.
Members the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck Mukondi and a neighbouring village overnight on Wednesday, torching buildings and killing at least 39 people and wounding many more, according to the local authorities
The scale of the bloodshed has shocked the broader community in North Kivu province that has been menaced by marauding armed rebel groups since wars in the 1990s.
The Islamist militant group attacked the villages as residents were celebrating International Women’s Day.
