Vital Kamerhe, leader of the Union for the Congolese Nation party, attends a meeting with Congo's Independent National Electoral Commission and observers from the Southern African Development Community in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 28, 2018.The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed and some 50 people including three American citizens arrested, a spokesperson for the Central African country’s army told Reuters.
Moto Muhima said two guards and an attacker had been killed in that incident. Ekenge also said one attacker was killed there. “Malanga was definitively neutralised during the attack on the Palais de la Nation, a certain Aboubacar was neutralised during the attack on the residence of Vital Kamarhe the others – around 50 including three American citizens – were arrested and are currently undergoing interrogation by the specialised services of the Armed Forces,” Ekenge told Reuters.
“We, the militants, are tired. We cannot drag on with Tshisekedi and Kamerhe, they have done too many stupid things in this country,” Malanga said in Lingala in the video, which has not been independently verified by Reuters. The US embassy had earlier issued a security alert warning of “ongoing activity by DRC security elements” and reports of gunfire in the area.
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