Three of the victims are soldiers of the UN mission in the country, as reported by the army
Three members of the UN mission -Monusco- and at least 12 protesters were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, the second day of protests against the international organization. In the city of Butembo (east), “three deaths among the members of Monusco, two Indians and a Moroccan, and one injured” were recorded, while on the “side of the protesters seven dead and several injured”, he told AFP Colonel Paul ngoma.
Hours earlier, Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya had reported “at least five deaths” among protesters in Goma, the provincial capital.
All morning, the situation seemed tense in Butembo, a major regional economic center where commercial activity was at a standstill. “Among these young people, there are weapons,” Officer Ngoma complained. According to witnesses, the protesters were dispersed by the security forces in front of a Monusco base.
In Goma, the province’s capital, an AFP correspondent reported the death of a protester, hit in the head by a bullet allegedly fired from Monusco’s logistics base. A Congolese army ambulance later retrieved the body, the journalist said.
Early in the morning, hundreds of protesters invaded the area surrounding the Monusco compound in Goma and attacked the international organization’s mission transit camp on the outskirts of the city center.
‘We don’t want Monusco anymore’ or ‘bye bye Monusco’, read the banners of those present to protest against the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese security forces tried to contain the crowd near the logistics base.
Source: La Verdad
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