Congo confirms 10 dead in rally shootings
AFP, Kinshasa
Ten people were shot dead Thursday when police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) broke up opposition rallies in a number of cities, a senior government figure said. "We have to regret the loss of 10 lives on the territory of the DRC," Jean-Pierre Bemba, one of four vice presidents, told a television station. He confirmed the figure put forward earlier by the main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), which reported six deaths in the capital Kinshasa and four elsewhere. There were reports in Kinshasa of dozens of injuries and up to 400 arrests as police broke up the UDPS demonstration.
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