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| Security forces kill at least 14 separatists in DR Congo |
| 2017-08-08 |
| [Iran Press TV] At least 14 members of separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) have been killed in a series of violent festivities with Congolese security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC). Police front man Pierrot Mwanamputu said in a statement that separatists were killed during festivities in the capital Kinshasa and the southwestern town of Matadi on Monday. According to the statement, at least 12 BDK assailants in Kinshasa were killed by "stray bullets" fired by security forces to disperse them. The attackers, who were armed with calibre-12 rifles and bladed weapons, also killed one policeman. A witness told Rooters that assailants wearing red headbands characteristic of BDK members staged the attack on the high-security Makala prison in the capital but did not make it past the front door. "We woke up to the deafening noise of gunshots." He said he had seen police and soldiers gather several bodies outside the prison walls. Two other BDK members were killed in Matadi, where three coppers were also injured, he added. This came after BDK leader Ne Muanda Nsemi, who beat feet from prison in May, called on his supporters to rise up this Monday against President Joseph Kabila. Nsemi was placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in March following festivities between his supporters and police. The militia aims to revive the pre-colonial Congo kingdom, which thrived for centuries around the mouth of the Congo River. The latest festivities also followed an attack by BDK members on Kinshasa's main prison and demonstrations by other members against Kabila in Kinshasa, Matadi and the southwestern city of Boma. BDK demonstrators on Monday held signs that read, "Rwanda for Rwandans. Congo for Congolese. Get out, Kanambe," using a slur to refer to Kabila, whom Nsemi accuses of being Rwandan. |
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