Security forces kill at least 14 separatists in DR Congo

‘At least 14 members of separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) have been killed in a series of violent clashes with Congolese security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Police spokesman Pierrot Mwanamputu said in a statement that separatists were killed during clashes in the capital Kinshasa and the southwestern town of Matadi on Monday.
According to the statement, at least 12 BDK assailants in Kinshasa were killed by “stray bullets” fired by security forces to disperse them. The attackers, who were armed with calibre-12 rifles and bladed weapons, also killed one policeman.
A witness told Reuters that assailants wearing red headbands characteristic of BDK members staged the attack on the high-security Makala prison in the capital but did not make it past the front door. “We woke up to the deafening noise of gunshots.”‘
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