{"id":29112,"date":"2016-09-21T05:10:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T03:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/29112-deadly-clashes-in-dr-congo-for-second-day.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T05:10:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T03:10:05","slug":"deadly-clashes-in-dr-congo-for-second-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/29112-deadly-clashes-in-dr-congo-for-second-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Deadly clashes in DR Congo for second day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several people died in a second day of violence in DR Congo Tuesday, with three opposition HQ buildings torched in clashes between police and opponents of President Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n

The fresh violence came after a bloody day on Monday during which opposition groups said more than 50 people had died in protests calling for Kabila's resignation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The government put the toll from the first day of clashes at 17 -- three policemen and 14 \"looters\".<\/p>\n

Protesters attacked several police outposts for a second day running on Tuesday amid reports of looting.<\/p>\n

The national secretary of the main opposition group blamed a regime \"commando\" unit for torching their offices after ruling party buildings were set ablaze on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"Does a normal state respond with reprisals?\" said Felix Tshisekedi from the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). \"We are facing a rogue state.\"<\/p>\n

Gunfire was heard on Tuesday morning near the UDPS headquarters.<\/p>\n

At least two burnt bodies could be seen in the fire-ravaged building. Two others were burned alive and another injured.<\/p>\n

A tearful woman in her 40s said that her husband had been there when unidentified assailants attacked the building.<\/p>\n

\"I've just put my husband's body in the morgue,\" she told AFP.<\/p>\n

Two other opposition parties -- the Forces of Union and Solidarity (FONUS) and the Lumumbist Progressive Movement (MLP) -- also saw arson attacks at their offices.<\/p>\n

A FONUS member said that armed men in civilian clothes arrived at the office in a jeep, sprayed petrol and set the building on fire.<\/p>\n

- Church quits talks -\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jose Maria Arnaz, the director of the Joint Office of the United Nations for Human Rights in DR Congo, inspected the UDPS office to \"investigate\" the fire.<\/p>\n

\"We are seeing what we can do to reduce the political tensions and bring those responsible for deaths to justice,\" he told AFP.<\/p>\n

Diplomatic and security sources as well as residents reported clashes between the police and youths in the central and southern districts of Kinshasa, a teeming city of some 10 million.<\/p>\n

Most residents stayed home, accustomed to violence in the streets. Shops and schools were closed.<\/p>\n

By Tuesday evening, calm seemed to be restored in most of the capital.<\/p>\n

The violence broke out just before an opposition rally on Monday by demonstrators who fear Kabila -- who has ruled the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001 -- is planning to extend his rule unconstitutionally.<\/p>\n

Kabila's mandate ends on December 20 and although the constitution bans him from running for a third term, he has made no effort to schedule elections which would be practically impossible to organise in the vast country before the year is up.<\/p>\n

- 'Kabila must not run' -<\/p>\n

A fringe opposition group has been meeting with the government in a bid to organise an elections schedule, but veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has refused to participate.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Catholic Church leaders vowed to stay away from the negotiating table in protest against the violence, \"out of respect\" for the victims.<\/p>\n

And the African Union, which is mediating the so-called \"national dialogue\", said the talks would be suspended until Friday.<\/p>\n

Church leaders also took a clear-cut position on Kabila's fate.<\/p>\n

\"It must be clearly stated and stipulated that the current president of the republic will not be a candidate in the next election, which must be held as soon as possible,\" the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The opposition said security forces had fired live ammunition at protesters and urged supporters to pour onto the streets again to demand Kabila step down on schedule.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch researcher Ida Sawyer said the monitor \"received credible reports that security forces shot dead at least 20 people (on Monday) during Kinshasa protests against election delays\".<\/p>\n

The clashes were the worst violence in the capital since January 2015 when a police crackdown on another opposition protest left several dozen people dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In May, the Constitutional Court said Kabila could remain in office in a caretaker capacity until an election is held, triggering a wave of angry protests.<\/p>\n

French President Francois Hollande, speaking in New York on Tuesday, urged DR Congo to hold elections on schedule, deploring the growing political violence.<\/p>\n

A fringe opposition group has been meeting with the government in a bid to organise a schedule, but veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has refused to participate in the talks.<\/p>\n

A former Belgian colony, DR Congo has been wracked by unrest since independence in 1960 and has never known a peaceful transition of power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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