source: UN Panel of Experts; Radio Okapi
actor1: CODECO: Cooperative for Development of Congo
actor2: Civilians (Democratic Republic of Congo)
location: Bule
notes: On 4 October 2020, CODECO militiamen killed 4 civilians, including 2 children aged 9 and 10 and a woman (a teacher), in an ambush near Bule (Djugu, Ituri). Subsequent reports also suggest that the militiamen captured a 17-year-old Hema girl with two Hema women and three Hema girls (ages 10, 12 and 13 years old). The CODECO held them hostage for two days around Kaa village, located in the Walendu-Pitsi sector. All of the hostages were raped. [women targeted: girls]