UN brigade in Congo opened fire at border post killing two
By Stanis Bujakera
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Troopers coming back from depart to a United Nations intervention brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo opened fireplace at a border publish, killing at the least two individuals and injuring 15 others, Congo’s authorities and the U.N. peacekeeping drive stated on Sunday.
The incident on the Congo – Uganda border publish in Kasindi within the restive jap a part of the nation is the most recent involving the peacekeeping mission in Congo, referred to as MONUSCO, which has come below stress from days of protests.
It was not clear why the troopers opened fireplace.
“This critical incident has triggered lack of life and critical accidents,” Bintou Keita, Particular Consultant of the Secretary Normal of the United Nations in Congo, stated in a press release.
Keita and the Congolese authorities stated an investigation had begun and the suspected perpetrators arrested.
“Confronted with this unspeakable and irresponsible behaviour, the perpetrators of the taking pictures have been recognized and arrested pending the conclusions of the investigation which has already began in collaboration with the Congolese authorities,” Keita stated.
She added contact had been made with the nation of origin of the troopers in order that authorized proceedings might be initiated urgently. She didn’t title the nation.
Congo’s authorities stated in a press release {that a} provisional investigation confirmed two Congolese have been killed and 15 others have been injured.
“The federal government, along with MONUSCO, have launched an investigation to know the explanations for such crime and acquire extreme punishments,” authorities spokesman Patrick Muyaya, stated within the assertion.
He stated the peacekeepers concerned within the incident would not be a part of MONUSCO contingents pending the end result of a plan for your entire drive to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
MONUSCO took over from an earlier U.N. operation in 2010. MONUSCO had greater than 12,000 troops and 1,600 police deployed as of November 2021, and has been regularly pulling out for years.
Since protests started final Monday, at the least 20 individuals https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-anti-un-protesters-east-congo-shot-dead-by-un-peacekeepers-reuters-witness-2022-07-26, together with three peacekeepers have been killed.
The protests have been spurred by complaints that the mission has failed to guard civilians towards militia violence that has raged for years within the area.
(Reporting by Stanis Bujakera, Fiston Mahamba and Djaffar SabitiAdditional reporting by Michelle Nichols in New York Writing by Bate FelixEditing by Hugh Lawson and Barbara Lewis)
