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In recent days, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) continued its attacks on Christian villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
On December 30, 2024, ISCAP claimed that its operatives captured and beheaded an "unbeliever" Christian near Eringite, in the DRC's North-Kivu province, on December 28.[1]
Another statement claimed responsibility for capturing and beheading a Christian civilian near Ofaye Otto Maber, in the country's Ituri province, on December 29.[2]
The group claimed that on December 29, ISCAP operatives captured two Christians riding a motorcycle on the road leading to Oicha, North-Kivu province, and burned their motorcycle.[3]
On December 31, ISCAP claimed that operatives of the group assaulted two villages in the Lubero territory of North-Kivu the previous day. They stabbed 12 Christian locals to death and set fire to over 20 houses and three motorcycles before leaving the area unharmed.[4]
According to another statement, ISCAP operatives assaulted Christian villagers in Oicha, North-Kivu, on December 29, using machine guns. They killed one and burned five houses.[5]
The group also claimed responsibility for a December 30 attack on the Christian village of Kanzoka in Lubero which involved beheading 22 locals and burning more than 50 houses and five motorcycles.[6]
Another ISCAP statement claimed that its operatives assaulted Oicha again on December 30. They killed one with machine gun fire and set fire to three houses and three motorcycles.[7]
Finally, the group claimed capturing and beheading an "unbeliever" Christian near Ofaye Otto Maber.[8]
These attacks came after the group claimed killing over 50 Christian villagers in two days of attacks in the region.[9]
[1] Telegram, December 30, 2024.
[2] Telegram, December 30, 2024.
[3] Telegram, December 30, 2024.
[4] Telegram, December 31, 2024.
[5] Telegram, December 31, 2024.
[6] Telegram, December 31, 2024.
[7] Telegram, December 31, 2024.
[8] Telegram, December 31, 2024.
[9] See MEMRI JTTM report: Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) Claims Killing Over 50 Christian Villagers In Two Days Of Attacks In Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), December 30, 2024.
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