Local Congolese leader dies after being shot in Kwilu

March 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –

A local Congolese leader has died after being shot by unknown assailants who stormed the village of Kimpasi, Kisia (Kwilu) territory.

These types of attacks have already caused 412 people to flee their homes, including 55 men and 77 women, while 280 have taken refuge in the city of Fatundu.

After three months of calm, violence returned to these territories last Sunday in an attack in which at least thirteen people were killed, including a local leader, in Kisia territory after a raid by unknown armed assailants from Kwamouth. , in the province of Mai Ndombé.

These territories have been the scene of the conflict between the Teke and Yaka communities that has spilled over from the neighboring province of Mai Ndombé, in the southwest of the country.

Both communities have been fighting for years over the control of the population of Kwamouth (Mai Ndombé) and its surroundings, where there was not so much insecurity since the incident on December 5, 2022, in which at least 13 people were killed by armed men. in the village of Kingala Matele.