Three dead in “attempted coup” in DR Congo • FRANCE 24 English

Three dead in “attempted coup” in DR Congo • FRANCE 24 English

let’s take you from there to Kinshasa in the de Democratic Republic of Congo in the early hours of the morning reports start to emerge of gunfire ringing out around the presidential Palace a few hours later more details start to come through a coup attempt that had failed according to the country’s Army it said quote some foreign Fighters and congales men in military fatigues tried to storm the building now the statement also said the situation is under control several suspects detains they’re reported to have been two attacks the first on a House of the former Chief of Staff and close Ally to president tedi in the early hours then on the pal de the Office of the President of the Republic local media claiming the attackers are linked to an opposition leader in Exile the situation in Congo’s capital kinasa is calm this Sunday with a strong military presence across the city but in the early hours of the morning armed men attacked the residence of a senior congales politician Vel C with Witnesses reporting heavy gun in the city center C who is expected to become the president of Congo’s National Assembly is very close to Cong president Felix chedi C was unharmed in the attack but at least two guards and one asent were killed according to a Security Source the same attackers also briefly occupied Congo’s presidential Palace Congo’s Army said this was an attempted [Music] PCH the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo bring to the attention of national and international opinion that an attempted K was nipped in the bud by the defense and security forces the attempt involved foreigners and conges the congales foreigners were put out of action including their leader videos on social media appeared to show men touting machine guns and shouting threatening slogans against the president who was not there one of the men says he is from the congales diaspora according to a security official the suspected cou plotter could be an ex- cones army officer who lives in the United States and who got involved in politics several years ago officially the conges government has not yet said who is behind Sunday’s events

Congo’s army said it foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent Emmet Livingstone.
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