The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced deep concern over reports that one person was shot dead and three others wounded during a demonstration in the south-central province of Kasai Oriental to mark the beginning of campaigning for next month's general elections.
Members of Parti Travailliste (Labour Party) were marching in the provincial capital, Mbuji-Mayi, when the shooting happened, according to a press statement from the office of Roger Meece, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO).
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