Questions swirl a day after DR Congo army says it had thwarted ‘attempted coup’ in Kinshasa

Questions swirl a day after DR Congo army says it had thwarted ‘attempted coup’ in Kinshasa

traffic has returned to normal in kinasa with cars flowing along the city’s main artery shops are also open only newspaper headlines bear witness to an attempted couet the day before everything’s calm we’re getting on with our lives even if I’m told that there are gunshots in kinasa I’m going to commute and come to town at around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday morning dozens of armed men launched an assault first they targeted the residents of vital c a senior politicians set to become the president of Congo’s National Assembly they then made their way to the Palace of the nation where the congales presidency is partly based the attack led by Christan malonga an ex- conges army officer who had lived for years in the United States was broadcast live on social media soldiers eventually took control of the situation and overpowered the attackers in a televised address an army spokesman later announced that the security forces had foiled an attempted coup the spokesman added that the coup’s ring leader Christ malonga was killed and other attackers arrested we have among them Christian manga himself his son who’s called Marcel manga was also there Malang there were two other American citizens white men who were there all were all were neutralized along with about 40 others in the city center security has been stepped up around around vital C’s residence but people’s minds are still scarred by the violence of the attack they came with the mini buus that we call Spirit of life and other Jeep type vehicles but the mini buus was abandoned there C’s political allies visited the politician’s house to pay their respects despite the fresh bullet holes in the walls his political party is calling for an investigation pel C is stron headed for the time being he’s doing well including his wife and children but we must know the truth about this attack in total according to the congales Army two guards working for C were killed along with four attackers

A day after the army in DR Congo said it had thwarted an “attempted coup” involving several Americans and a British man, many questions have remained throughout Monday (May 20).
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