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IS group claims deadly bombing of church in eastern DR Congo

A child sings inside the Mulamo Baptist Church in the Kyala neighbourhood of Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 10, 2016. © Eduardo Soteras, AFP

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern Congolese town of Kasindi that killed at least 10 people and wounded 39.

Details of the attack are hazy, but Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi 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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