The Democratic Republic of Congo: Anti-Monusco protest escalating in the East

In Butembo, the third largest city in North Kivu province, "three Monusco staff members, two Indians and a Moroccan, were killed and one wounded", while "seven demonstrators were killed and several wounded", said Colonel Paul Ngoma, head of the urban police. These were "one peacekeeper and [two] members of the United Nations police", Monusco said in a statement, adding that "assailants violently snatched weapons from elements of the Congolese national police and fired at point-blank range at our peacekeeping forces". The UN mission "strongly condemns this attack which nothing justifies," said the press release.