Two civilians have been killed and 7 different injured in assaults on villages in japanese DR Congo over the weekend, the AFC/M23 insurgent motion stated on Monday.
The Saturday assaults have been carried out in opposition to village of Ilundu/Basita in South Kivu province by the Congolese military and their allied Burundian forces, in line with AFC/M23 spokesperson, Lawrence Kanyuka.
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The deceased embrace a 19-year-old man, whereas the injured embrace a seven-year-old and a 12-year-old.
“Many individuals stay lacking. Search and rescue operations are frequently interrupted by the persistent presence of drones that proceed to fly over the world,” Kanyuka stated.
“Silence within the face of those crimes turns into a type of complicity. The tragedy of Minembwe can now not be ignored, minimized, or relegated to the background.”
Kanyuka added that two lecture rooms on the Ilundu major faculty have been additionally destroyed.
The village of Ilundi/Basita is positioned within the Minembwe space, which has suffered assaults by the federal government coalition for months.
The local people, particularly the Banyamulenge, has been below a blockade. Members of this group accuse the federal government and its allied Burundian troops in addition to FDLR and Wazalendo militias of ethnic violence.
In October 2025, a non-profit organisation representing Banyamulenge filed a case with the East African Court docket of Justice (EACJ), searching for justice for over abuses dedicated by Burundian forces in Minembwe, South Kivu.
