KASINDI
\nDaesh extremists claimed responsibility for a bombing of a church in eastern Congo as authorities said Monday that the toll from Sunday\u2019s attack had risen to at least 14 dead.
\nThe Daesh group and its Aamaq news outlet issued statements saying that its militants had planted an explosive device inside the Pentecostal church in Kasindi and detonated it while people were praying.
\n\u201cLet the Congolese forces know that their continued attacks on the Mujahideen will only bring them more failure and losses,\u201d the group said in its statement.
\nThe extremists claimed the bomb killed 20 Christians. Congolese authorities put the toll Monday at 14 dead and at least 63 wounded.
\nThe injured were evacuated to Beni General Hospital by the UN peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO, authorities said.
\nViolence has wracked eastern Congo for decades as more than 120 armed groups and self-defense militias fight for land and power. Nearly 6 million people are internally displaced, and hundreds of thousands are facing extreme food insecurity, according to the UN
\nFighters with the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel organization which is believed to have links to the the Daesh group, have carried out several attacks in Kasindi, which is located on the border with Uganda.
\nTroops from Uganda\u2019s army have deployed to eastern Congo to try to stem the violence, but the attacks have increased and spread. ADF attacks since April have killed at least 370 civilians and involved the abduction of several hundred more, a report by the United Nations last month said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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