Caritas Internationalis on Wednesday confirmed that rebels of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) killed 50 people in a camp for displaced people in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

An official of the Caritas Internationalis, an organization in charge of the site under attack, confirmed the tragedy, stressing that there were several bodies of the displaced found in the site.

Local sources said Militiamen of the CODECO launched the attack Tuesday night against a site for displaced civilians in Bule village of the Djugu territory, in DRC’s northeastern province of Ituri.

CODECO was an armed group structured around a religious sect in Ituri.

The group was accused of being behind the violence that has been engulfing the gold-rich region since late 2017, after a 20-year lull.

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The province of Ituri and the neighboring North Kivu province, long troubled by insecurity, have been under siege since May 6 due to violence by armed groups.