11 dead, 900 escape after jail attack in DR Congo
About eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates escaped last Sunday after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in DR Congo´s restive east, an official said.
Paluku said the Beni area and the neighbouring town of Butembo had been put under curfew from 6:30 pm. "Only police officers and soldiers should be out from this time," he said.
The
government blames the killings on a rebel group, the Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF), which appears to be dominated by Ugandan Muslims.
According
to AFP report, the attack came a day after the ADF attacked a police
station and a prosecutor's office in the capital Kinshasa, killing a
police officer and seriously injuring four others after a series of
similar attacks over the past three weeks.
The
attack also comes after two jailbreaks occurred last month in Congo. On
May19th, dozens of prisoners escaped from a dilapidated prison in
Kasangulu, about 40 km west of Kinshasa.
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