Three Killed During DR Congo Opposition Rally

Kalemie, DR Congo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :Three people were killed Wednesday in clashes with police on the sidelines of an opposition rally in eastern DR Congo ahead of this month's presidential elections, sources said.

The violence erupted in Kalemie, a town on Lake Tanganyika, as opposition candidate Martin Fayulu was campaigning there.

It came a day after two of Fayulu's supporters were killed and 43 hurt in clashes at a rally in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city.

Two witnesses said "live rounds" were fired after the opposition candidate arrived in Kalemie and headed to the venue.

Fayulu blamed the violence on police as well as on "armed youths on drugs" who, he said, were "dressed in PPRD clothing," a reference to the country's ruling party.

"I saw people shooting and I saw a lady fall in front of me," he told AFP.