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On September 28, 2024, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed that on September 27, its operatives captured and beheaded a Christian, near the village of Lolwa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri province.[1]
A few days later, on September 30, ISCAP claimed that on September 29, its operatives machine-gunned a concentration of pro-Congolese government militia forces, in the village of Bilolo, in the Lubero territory of DRC's North-Kivu province, killing a militiaman, injuring others, causing the rest to flee, and seizing a rifle and ammunition. The statement added that subsequently, the ISCAP operatives attacked Christians in the same village, killing 14, capturing five and seizing possessions.[2]
These attacks follow an article from issue 462 of ISIS weekly magazine Al-Naba', released on September 26, which claimed that dozens of Christians from the Ituri province converted to Islam after being captured by ISCAP, and were later released to their homes with a message calling on other Christians to convert "in order to safeguard their blood and property."[3]
[1] Telegram, September 28, 2024.
[2] Telegram, September 30, 2024.
[3] See MEMRI JTTM Report: 'Exclusive' Report In Islamic State (ISIS) Weekly: Dozens Of Captive Christians Converted To Islam In Democratic Republic Of Congo, Sent Home To Call On Others To Convert Or Face Death: 'ISIS Operatives Would Rather Guide People Into Islam Than Kill Them,' September 27, 2024.
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