Two high-ranking army officers within the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have been arrested for collaborating in a crackdown on protests final week that killed 43 individuals and severely injured 56, authorities say.
Inside Minister Peter Kazadi mentioned police on Monday arrested Commanders Mike Mikombe and Donat Bawili, who respectively headed the Republican Guard unit and the DRC armed forces regiment in Goma, the japanese metropolis the place the violence unfolded.
Defence and safety forces within the Central African nation used deadly power on Wednesday to repress deliberate anti-United Nations protests within the metropolis. A authorities delegation arrived in Goma on Monday to carry hearings and different proceedings “to ascertain duty”, the inside minister mentioned.
The federal government is beneath strain to supply justice for the kin of those that died.
Many have but to bury their lifeless.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker stories.
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