Pope Leo XIV has expressed sorrow following the massacre of 43 civilians, many of whom were attending a church service in DR Congo’s Ituri Province on Sunday, July 27. Perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF-NALU),

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a deadly attack on a church in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo, it said on its channel on Telegram. City officials had said Islamic State-backed rebels were responsible for killing 38 people on Sunday in the assault on the Komanda church.

More than 40 people including women and children were killed in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the town of Komanda, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The militia group is linked to the so-called Islamic state,