A photo taken on August 30, 2023, shows an aerial view of the town of Komanda, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the premises of a Catholic church was attacked on Sunday.

Armed members of the ADF stormed the church in Komanda while more than 100 worshippers were gathered for a prayer vigil, according to local residents cited by The New York Times.

The attack was carried out by members of the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) around 1 a.m. inside the premises of a Catholic church in eastern Congo’s Komanda.

A photo taken on August 30, 2023, shows an aerial view of the town of Komanda, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the premises of a Catholic church was attacked on Sunday.

“What we know this morning is that there was an incursion by armed men with machetes into a church not far from Komanda, where about 10 people were killed and massacred and some shops were set ...