[1] Tingwe has been the target of previous massacres by the ADF as it sits within an area known as the triangle of death: a tri-point between Eringeti, Kamando, and Mbau.

[2] It takes an hour to drive the sixty kilometers to Tingwe from Beni, the closest large city.

[2] Residents of Tingwe were in their fields preparing for New Year's Eve celebrations when ADF militants killed and kidnapped them.

[3] A representative of a civil society in Tingwe stated residents had alerted the Congolese army that ADF militants were in the area, passing from the east to the northeast near Eringeti.

[5] On January 5, 2021, ADF militants attacked the village of Mwenda in Beni Territory, killing twenty-two civilians in a similar manner to Tingwe.