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Michael Fitzpatrick

Bomb blast at DRC church kills 10, Islamic State claims responsibility

Kenyan soldiers are among the international military contingents attempting to establish peace in the eastern DRC. AFP - ALEXIS HUGUET

At least 10 people were killed and 39 injured on Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The terrorist action has since been claimed by Islamic State jihadists.

A Congolese military spokesman said the "terrorist act" happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province's Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda.

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