According to initial reports more than 30 have been killed and over
100 injured, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said in a news release today.
“The precise circumstances are not yet clear [but] reports indicate
that in the course of a confrontation with Burundian demonstrators,
Congolese security forces opened fire on the crowd.”
Burundian refugees prepare food over an open flame at a settlement in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (File) Photo: UNICEF/Seck
