source: Actualite; AFP; Radio Okapi; MNCTV Congo
actor1: Baniari Tchabi Communal Militia (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Civilians (Democratic Republic of Congo)
location: Belu
notes: On 9 September 2020, local people armed with machetes killed between 8 and 12 civilians (many of them beheaded) during an incursion in Belu village (Irumu, Ituri), close to the border with Nord-Kivu province. The victims were all Hutus. The attack was linked to intercommunal conflicts but the facts were not clear. A brigade from MONUSCO was sent to the scene along with FARDC troops to investigate the attack.