Raid on a Congolese village kills 33 and scatters Ebola patients

The attackers used machetes and guns and burned a health post. About 180 hospital patients fled, some of them Ebola cases. Locals blame the ADF.

Viktor Lindahl

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Armed men killed at least 33 people in Cantine, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[1] The attack was in Beni territory.^[2] The victims were killed with machetes and firearms.^[3] Who is blamedLocals and officials blame the ADF armed group.^[4] The ADF pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2019.^[5] It is one of about 100 armed groups operating in the country.^[6] What was burnedThe attackers set fire to a health post and more than 50 houses.^[7] The patientsThe raid did a second kind of damage. About 180 hospital patients fled, Ebola cases among them.^[8] The province is in the middle of an epidemic. North Kivu is the second most affected province in the current Ebola outbreak.^[9] More than 5,300 Ebola deaths have been recorded in the country.^[10] People who were being treated or watched for the virus are now somewhere else, and the health post that might have found them has been burned.

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Armed men killed at least 33 people in Cantine, North Kivu, DRC. · aljazeera.comQatar
The attack occurred in Beni territory, North Kivu province. · aa.com.trTurkey
Victims were killed with machetes and firearms. · aa.com.trTurkey
Locals and officials blame the ADF armed group for the attack. · aljazeera.comQatar
The ADF pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2019. · aljazeera.comQatar
About 100 armed groups operate in the DRC. · aljazeera.comQatar
Attackers set fire to a health post and over 50 houses. · aljazeera.comQatar
180 hospital patients including Ebola cases fled the attack. · aljazeera.comQatar
North Kivu is the second most affected province in the current Ebola outbreak. · aljazeera.comQatar
Over 5300 Ebola deaths have been recorded in the DRC outbreak. · aljazeera.comQatar

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