Kinshasa — At least 18 people have been killed and 100 seriously injured in election violence in Congo, with most of the deaths caused by troops loyal to President Joseph Kabila, Human Rights Watch said Friday.
The violence peaked on Saturday when tens of thousands of people descended on Kinshasa's airport to welcome leading opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi who was returning from campaigning in the interior. In the government crackdown that followed, at least 14 people were killed, according to a report by the New York-based human rights group.
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