What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 2023
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 17
- Coordinates
- 0.55° S, 28.80° E
- Wounded
- 39
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kasindi church bombing
2023 terrorist attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 15 January 2023, a bomb exploded during a Sunday service in a Pentecostal church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack occurred in Kasindi in the northeastern province of North Kivu, close to the Ugandan border. The attack killed at least 17 people and left 39 more were injured. The Islamic State – Central Africa Province (IS-CAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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