Residents of Ntoyo, a village in DR Congo's perennially volatile east, were preparing for a funeral on Monday when a column of armed men emerged from the forest and slaughtered 71 people, burning some of them alive.

"There were very young soldiers in the group," said 16-year-old Jean-Claude Mumbere, who survived the massacre by ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) rebels, an armed group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State and mainly targets civilians.

Some of the victims in the village, home to some 2,500 people, were burnt alive in their homes in one of the worst killings in the region in years.

"There were many of them and they spoke a language I didn't understand. From a distance, they wore uniforms that looked like military uniforms," said the teenager, who on Wednesday attended

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