The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxSuspected ISIS militants freed at least 900 prisoners from a jail in Congo during a overnight raid, according to reports.A “coordinated attack” was carried out by armed gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the local mayor.Modeste Bakwanamaha, Mayor of Beni, said: “Unfortunately, the attackers, who came in large numbers, managed to break the door with electrical equipment.
We believe that it was the ADF who did this.”The Allied Democratic Forces are an Islamist militant group from nearby Uganda who have been active in east Congo since the 90s.
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