source: Aid Worker Security Database
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Civilians (Democratic Republic of Congo)
location: Matala
notes: On 13 May 2018, one INGO staff member was abducted near Penemede, near Matala (Shabunda, Sud-Kivu), at the administrative border between South Kivu and Maniema, when armed men ambushed an INGO motorcycle convey composed of five workers. Two motorcycles were also taken in the attack. The whereabouts of the worker and the motive for the attack are unknown.