source: Actualite; AFP
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Ariwara
notes: Around 30 September 2021 (as reported), an unidentified armed group killed and buried the body of a police officer (assumed on duty) in Ariwara (Aru, Ituri). It remains unclear whether the killings took place in this location. Weeks later (date unknown), 5 other bodies (decapitated) were also discovered buried in this location (coded as another event). Suspects were detained and admitted to killing 13 people - it is unclear whether the 6 victims mentioned above are part of the 13 killings, when they were killed, or whether the rest of the killings took place in Ituri province.