The attacks took place on Sunday in the Banyali Kilo area, local chief Innocent Madukadala told AFP.
BUNIA - Nineteen civilians were killed and two were wounded in attacks on three villages by a militia in the troubled eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, a local chief said Monday.
CODECO is drawn from the Lendu ethnic group, a predominantly farming community who have historically clashed with the Hema, a group of traders and herders. Madukadala said the coordinated assault claimed five lives in the village of Lisey, two in neighbouring Tchulu and 12 in Aloys. Since December 2017, violence in Ituri has claimed nearly 1,000 lives and displaced half a million people, according to an International Crisis Group report last month.UN human rights investigators in June said at least 636 people had died since the start of the year.
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