WARNING: GRAPHIC SCENES - NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 27 young men and boys and forcibly disappeared 7 others during an anti-crime campaign between May and September 2018. The campaign, known among the police as "Operation Likofi IV", targeted alleged gang members in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, a report by Human Rights Watch reveals.
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