'Coup foiled' after gunfire heard in DR Congo capital
Manchester Evening News|May 20, 2024
THE Democratic Republic of Congo's army says it "foiled a coup" early yesterday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and a top politician's guards that left three people dead in the capital Kinshasa.
'Coup foiled' after gunfire heard in DR Congo capital

The attempted coup d'etat was "nipped in the bud by Congolese defence and security forces [and] the situation is under control", Congolese army spokesman Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge said at a media briefing. He did not give further details.

Clashes were reported between men in military uniform and guards of a local politician at the politician's house that is on Tshatshi Boulevard, which is 1.2 miles from the presidential palace and where some embassies are also located.

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