[2] The Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, are a jihadist militant group from Uganda that moved to the forests of the DRC's North Kivu region in the late 1990s, launching a brutal insurgency.

[6] Local survivors stated that the ADF fired gunshots, causing everyone to flee the area.

The initial death toll after the attacks was eighteen, following the return of residents counting the bodies the next morning.

[2] Later that day, the head of the local group Convention for the Respect of Human Rights stated the provisional death toll was 20.

[11] The Red Cross stated that 36 bodies were found in the forests near Bwanasura in the following days.