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At least 129 killed in DR Congo prison break attempt

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At least 129 people were killed during an attempted prison break at the central Makala prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The government has stated that the situation is now under control.

  1. CD
    Constant Mutamba
    Congo Department of Justice
    1. Investigations are underway to identify and severely punish those who instigated these acts of sabotage. They will receive a stern response.
  2. CD
    Shabani Lukoo
    Congo Interior Ministry
    1. The provisional toll is 129 dead, including 24 by gunfire, after warning.
    2. The mass escape attempt at Makala central prison resulted in the loss of life and significant material damage.
  3. CD
    Jacquemin Shabani
    Congo Interior Ministry
    1. The provisional human toll stands at 129 dead including 24 by gunshot after warning. The others died by jostling, suffocation and some women were raped.
    2. The government is satisfied with the restoration of calm, deplores these tragic events, and offers its condolences to the families of the victims.
    3. There are also 59 injured people taken into care by the government, as well as some cases of women raped.
  4. CD
    Martin Fayulu
    Engagement for Citizenship and Development party
    1. These summary executions are an unacceptable crime that cannot go unpunished. I demand that light be shed on this massacre and that those responsible be brought to justice. Respect for human life and dignity must prevail in the DRC.
  5. CD
    Emmanuel Cole
    1. How can we understand that a civilian prison built for 1,500 people now houses, according to estimates, 14,000? The prison is overcrowded, there are deaths every day. The international community cannot stand by and do nothing.
  6. CD
    Stanis Bujakera
    Amnesty International
    1. It is the anteroom to hell, a concentration camp where three or four people die every day.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.Daily Sabah
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.CNN
  6. 6.France 24
  7. 7.CTV News
  8. 8.El Paìs
  9. 9.The New York Times
  10. 10.The Washington Post
  11. 11.Le Monde
  12. 12.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.DRC under Félix Tshisekedi
  3. 3.Prison escape

countries

  1. 1.Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCD
  2. 2.Central African RepublicCF
  3. 3.CongoCG
  4. 4.Côte d'IvoireCI
  5. 5.ChinaCN
  6. 6.NigerNE
  7. 7.NigeriaNG
  8. 8.SenegalSN

organizations

  1. 1.Amnesty InternationalGB
  2. 2.Bill Clinton Peace Foundation
  3. 3.Airbus
  4. 4.ISIS-K

persons

  1. 1.Constant MutambaCD
  2. 2.Jacquemin ShabaniCD
  3. 3.Félix TshisekediCD
  4. 4.Shabani LukooCD
  5. 5.Mbemba Kabuya
  6. 6.Patrick MuyayaCD
  7. 7.Daddi Soso
  8. 8.Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo
  9. 9.Martin FayuluCD
  10. 10.Samuel Mbemba
  11. 11.Stanis BujakeraCD
  12. 12.Chinedu Asadu

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