Islamic militants have beheaded 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Members of the Allied Democratic Forces — a group tied to the Islamic State — approached homes in the village of Mayba on Feb.

Seventy decapitated bodies have been discovered in a church in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to Open Doors, which supports persecuted Christians around the world. An Islamist group linked to Islamic State called the AFD are feared to have beheaded the victims with machetes.

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by suspected Allied Democratic Forces terrorists.