Congo: 49 bodies found in mass graves after militia attacks

Scenes from a church that was bombed by the Islamic State Militia in Eastern Congo. [VOA]

Mass graves containing the bodies of 49 civilians have been discovered in northeastern Congo after a series of weekend attacks blamed on a local militia, the United Nations said Wednesday.

U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters in New York that the graves had been uncovered in two villages in Ituri province, about (19 miles) 30 kilometers east of the town of Bunia.