A civil society leader in Komanda told the AP news agency that the attack was believed to have been carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist rebel group.

At least 21 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader.

Dozens of people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a church in eastern Congo by a rebel group linked to the Islamic State.