Five killed in DR Congo shooting

TSHIKAPA, DR Congo: A soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo attacked a congregation of mourners, shooting dead five people and injuring ten others, police sources said Sunday.

The motive of the shooter was unclear, they said after the overnight attack in the city of Tshikapa in the Kasai region in the central DRC.

“People were gathered to mourn when the soldier arrived and opened fire on the crowd killing two people on the spot and injuring others,” a police source said. — AFP