Deadly DR Congo Prison Break At Bukavu: Mayor
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published July 28, 2017 | 09:20 PM
BUKAVU, DR Congo, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jul, 2017 ) - At least one person was killed and four wounded Friday during a prison break in Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the city's mayor said.
It was just the latest in a series of violent incidents at prisons in the troubled country. Philemon Yogolelo told reporters that so far there had been one confirmed death, four seriously wounded and that about 20 prisoners had escaped.
He was speaking after visiting the prison an hour after the incident.
Two Burundian soldiers in detention had thrown a grenade that had destroyed an entrance to the prison, permitting the break-out, said army spokesman Captain Dieudonne Kasereka.
Gunfire could be heard near the prison at around 1:30 pm local time (1130 GMT) and there was panic in the streets of Bukavu, said an AFP correspondent. Bukavu is the regional capital of South Kivu province and lies on the border with Rwanda. The incident is just the latest in a series of outbreaks of violence at prisons in the country.
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