ISIS-linked militia kills 60 in machete attack on funeral in Eastern Congo, local officials say

Johannesburg — At least 60 people were killed in an attack by machete-wielding members of an ISIS-affiliated rebel group in Eastern Congo on Monday night, local officials said Tuesday. The attack was the latest by the Allied Democratic Forces in a region where a range of armed groups have preyed upon an impoverished population as they vie for control of huge rare mineral reserves.

The attack happened in the evening as a group of people attended a funeral in the town of Nyoto, Macaire Sivikunula, a local administrator in North Kivu province's Lubero territory, told the Reuters news agency.

"The victims were caught off guard at a mourning ceremony in the village of Ntoyo at around 9 p.m., and most of them were killed with machetes," he said, adding that a search for the attackers was ong