2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo massacres

When

2020

Kind

Massacre

Coordinates

2.88° S, 23.66° E

Description

Series of terrorist attacks

Date from

year in its name

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Series of terrorist attacks

The 2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks were a series of attacks which took place in 2020. The attacks were mostly carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a radical Islamist rebel group and the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO), an agricultural and religious group made up of ethnic Lendu people. The attacks left at least 1,316 people dead and 132 injured.

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