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An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed at least 17 people in a hospital attack in eastern Congo, including women brutally slaughtered while breastfeeding.

The Allied Democratic Forces, operating along the Uganda-Congo border, have killed thousands of civilians since moving to Congo in 2002.

The attack marks another deadly assault by the group, which killed 52 people in August and stormed a Catholic church in July.

GOMA, Congo — An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed at least 17 people in an attack on a hospital in eastern Congo, authorities said Saturday.

The attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, took place Friday night in the village of Byambwe, in the Lubero

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