After attacks, troops from Congo
kill 34 TV and resume the country
Gunmen stormed the airport,
station and military base in the
capital.
Army neutralized actions that
aim to 'sow panic', says government.
kill 34 TV and resume the country
Gunmen stormed the airport,
station and military base in the
capital.
Army neutralized actions that
aim to 'sow panic', says government.
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
announced
Monday (30) have killed at least 34 members
of a group suspected of terrorism after a series of
attacks on the airport, the headquarters of the television and radio network
public and were attacked a military base in Kinshasa, the capital.
The information was released by the spokesman of the government
Congolese, Lambert Mende, reported EFE.
Public broadcaster was resumed by the Armed Forces
Congolese rebels after they addressed a
political message against the government. Attacks
were seen by the local press as an attempt to
seizure of power by followers of religious leader Paul
Joseph Mukungubila.
"Our city suffered a terrorist attack by a group
terrorist unidentified, unknown, "said Mende
in a speech broadcast on state television after resumption
the issuing government.
The attacks were made in the morning for 70
men, of whom 34 were killed elsewhere in the
capital. Of the 20 that attacked the airport in Kinshasa,
ten patients were killed by the Army.
Another target was the headquarters of state television and radio network
Congolese, the TRNC. Of the 30 men who attacked
issuing eight were killed and three were arrested. At the headquarters of
General Staff of the Navy, in the neighborhood Ngaliema, 16
terrorists were killed, Mende said.
The government spokesman said the army "neutralized"
attack from "severe" form and congratulated Forces
Armed Congolese for his performance.
"The government asks the population of Kinshasa to come back
to their normal occupations and continue preparing
Christmas and New Year, "said Mende.
The government spokesman said that the measures
security will be strengthened after the attack.
"(The attack) had no other aim but to sow panic
before the celebration of the arrival of a new year, so that
has importance in our culture, "he said.
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