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Reuters.com reported a police spokesman as having confirmed the fatal incident. According to the news outlet, members of two opposing camps vying for leadership positions in Congo’s Muslim community sparred outside Kinshasa’s Martyrs Stadium Thursday morning, where they had planned to worship together as a demonstration of unity. “Unfortunately, there were extremists who didn’t want the two groups to pray together today,” it quoted Sylvano Kasongo, who heads the Kinshasa police as saying. The police boss further confirmed that the death of the officer...

DR Congo sentences 30 people to death over clashes with police in Kinshasa Issued on: 15/05/2021 - 12:22 People inspect a burned police car after clashes outside Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa on May 13, 2021. © Hereward Holland, Reuters 2 min Thirty people were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday after a one-day trial for their role in anti-police violence marking the end of Ramadan in the capital, judicial sources said. Advertising Read more A policeman was killed in Kinshasa on Thu...

Policeman beaten to death in Eid clashes in Congo News24 13 May 2021, 23:11 GMT+10 A police officer in Congo's capital Kinshasa was beaten to death and 46 others were wounded as rival Muslim groups clashed during Eid celebrations on Thursday, a police spokesperson said. Members of two opposing camps vying for leadership positions in Congo's Muslim community sparred outside Kinshasa's Martyrs Stadium Thursday morning, where they had planned to worship together as a demonstration of unity. "Unfortunately, there were extremists who didn't want the two groups to pray together today," said Sylvano...

AfricaPoliceman beaten to death in Congo Eid clashes Reuters 1/2 A damaged police car passes a burned police car, after two groups of Muslims clashed outside Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Holland Hereward Read More A police officer in Congo's capital Kinshasa was beaten to death and 46 others were wounded as rival Muslim groups clashed during Eid celebrations on Thursday, a police spokesman said. Members of two opposing camps vying for leadership positions in Congo's Muslim community sparred outside Kinshasa's Martyrs Stadium Thursday morni...