January 2020 Oicha massacres
| January 2020 Oicha massacres | |
|---|---|
| Part of Kivu conflict and Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | |
| Location | Mamove, Mantumbi, Manzingi, and other towns west of Oicha, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Date | January 28-30, 2020 |
| Deaths | 73+ |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State - Central Africa Province (formerly Allied Democratic Forces) |
Between January 28 and 30, 2020, the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP) killed at least seventy-three people in a series of massacres in Oicha Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attacks spanned across several towns, especially Mantumbi, Manzingi, and Mamove.
Prelude
The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan jihadist group based in the DRC's North Kivu region, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2017 following a shortage of funds. The group renamed to the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), and began killings of civilians across North Kivu.[1] The Ugandan and Congolese militaries launched an operation in 2019 to expel ISCAP from the areas, with some success.[2] On December 29, 2019, ISCAP killed eighteen people in the town of Apetina-Sana in North Kivu.[3]
Massacre
The first attacks began in Manzingi and Eringeti on January 28, when ISCAP fighters killed fifteen people and injured six others.[2][4]
Further attacks began in Mayimoya on January 29, along the road. People fled the town as the ISCAP fighters pushed into it.[5] They then rampaged through Mamove around 3pm on January 30, killing six civilians, and burning houses and motorcycles.[6] The towns of Aveli, Mantumbi, and Mulolya were attacked as well.[7] In Mantumbi, fourteen people were killed by the jihadists, and a taxi driver was killed in Aveli.[6][8] Three people were killed in Mulolya.[6]
Ten more bodies were found in Mantumbi on January 31, bringing the town's death toll to twenty-three.[9] Most of the victims were hacked to death by machete, the modus operandi of ISCAP.[9]
Aftermath
The death toll of the attacks, which spanned forty-eight hours, was seventy-three.[9] The Beni Civil Society sounded the alarm of a high number of ISCAP operatives in Mamove and Mantumbi following the attacks.[10]
Seven people were killed in a second attack by Mai-Mai militiamen in Mamove on January 31.[11]
Videography
References
- ^ "Rumble In The Jungle: ISCAP's Rising Threat". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b "Dozens killed by suspected rebels in eastern DRC's Beni region". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 201912300005". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 202001290005". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "RDC-Beni : Mayimoya de nouveau sous les tirs". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b c "RDC : Nouvelles attaques rebelles à Beni, 21 morts (Sté civile)". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "DRC: New rebel attacks in Beni, 21 dead (Sté Civil)". Actualite. January 30, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Beni : 14 morts, nouveau bilan de l'attaque à Mantumbi". Actualite.cd (in French). 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b c "RDC : le bilan du massacre de Matumbi revu à la hausse, 23 morts". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "RDC-Beni: 32 villages attaqués en moins de deux mois". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "RDC-Beni :7 morts et plusieurs blessés, dans une nouvelle attaque". Actualite.cd (in French). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-18.