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Two journalists wounded after DRC police open fire on protest

Two journalists wounded after DRC police open fire on protest

TWO journalists were wounded when police opened fire on a protest outside the provincial parliament in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Bukavu on Thursday, local media and a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Police fired tear gas and live ammunition into a crowd of pro-government demonstrators and journalists, the Reuters reporter said, after 27 of 48 local lawmakers voted to dismiss South Kivu province's administration. Jérémie Zirumana, a spokesperson for South Kivu province's government, dismissed the assembly's vote as invalid, calling it organised cheating and political gangsterism. In the post-vote melee, journalists Crispin Murhula and Jérémie Baraka…
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