Lisasa massacre | |
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Part of Allied Democratic Forces insurgency and Kivu conflict | |
Location | Lisasa, Kitsimba, and Kamwiri, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Date | October 31, 2020 1am |
Deaths | 21 |
Victims | 20 kidnapped |
Perpetrator | ![]() |
Motive | Killing Christians |
On October 31, 2020, jihadists from the Islamic State's Central Africa Province (ISCAP) attacked the village of Lisasa, Beni Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing over twenty-one civilians after brief clashes with UPLC Mai-Mai militiamen. The massacre came just several days after ISCAP slaughtered nineteen civilians in the village of Baeti.