Rebels massacre 39 police officers

– Congolese national police accused rebels on Monday of massacring 39 of their officers in violence-wracked Kasai.

The victims were killed in an “ambush” on Friday and buried in a mass grave by supporters of late militia leader Kamwina Nsapu, a police spokesperson said.

The massacred officers had been travelling in two army transport trucks with law enforcement equipment, which their attackers hijacked. – AFP

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