At least thirty villages have been raided by an armed Christian group in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Congo News Channel.

It says the Uganda’s Lord Resistance Army (LRA)kidnapped sixteen people including four children during its raid in the Orientale province. And that the Army has raised the Congolese death toll to over one thousand since December.

The LRA has brutally raped, maimed, massacred, and tortured thousands of civilians . And 90% of LRA soldiers are abducted children according to non governmental organization Amnesty International.