By MEMRI –
Over recent days, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) has continued to claim attacks on Christian civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
On August 13, ISCAP claimed that on August 11, its operatives captured and subsequently beheaded three Christian locals near Maipi, in the Lubero territory of the DRC’s North-Kivu province.
According to another same-day statement, ISCAP operatives captured and beheaded three Christians in Bandulu, Lubero, on August 11.
The group claimed on August 14 that a day earlier, its operatives assaulted Christian villagers in Mayi-Moya, in the Beni territory of North-Kivu, using machine guns. They reportedly killed three and burned two houses.
An August 15 statement claimed that on August 13, ISCAP operatives captured and beheaded eight Christian residents near Ombole, Lubero, before leaving the area unharmed.
The following day, ISCAP claimed responsibility for an August 15 machine gun attack on “unbeliever” Christians near Tshabi, in the DRC’s Ituri province. The attackers reportedly killed ten and set fire to five houses and a motorcycle.
In an August 17 statement, the group claimed that in a previous-day attack, its operatives machine-gunned Christian civilians in Oicha, North-Kivu province. They killed ten, including a policeman, burned 20 houses and seven motorcycles, and seized a rifle, before leaving the area. ISCAP posted a graphic image of the body of the slain policeman whose rifle was seized.
On August 15, ISCAP claimed responsibility for a large-scale attack in Bandulu, which involved killing 39 Christian civilians and burning 50 houses. Earlier this month, the group claimed killing 11 Christians, including one by beheading, in a series of attacks in Ituri and North-Kivu. Issue 508 of Islamic State (ISIS) weekly Al-Naba’, released on August 14, included photos from these attacks.
50 Homes Destroyed
On August 15, 2025, ISCAP issued a statement in which it claimed that its fighters attacked Christian homes in Bandolo village, located in the Lubero Territory of the DRC’s North Kivu Province. During the attack, which took place on August 14, ISCAP fighters reportedly killed 39 Christians, set fire to 50 homes, and looted “some of their possessions.”
ISIS’s Amaq News Agency also reported on the incident, providing a photo which documented the arson. A “security source” told Amaq that “the attack targeted Christians within their homes and resulted in 39 deaths.” The source added that a similar attack took place weeks ago in Komanda. The referenced attack, which occurred on July 27, targeted Christian worshippers at a church in Komanda, located in the Irumu Territory of the DRC’s Ituri Province. ISCAP fighters reportedly killed 45 Christians during the attack.
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