The Democratic Republic of Congo launches an investigation after the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, admitted that its troops killed two people in a shootout
The incident came days after demonstrators took to the streets in several towns in eastern Congo to demand the departure of the UN mission.
He announced the opening of a joint investigation with MONUSCO to establish responsibility for the incident, learn the motivation behind it and to impose severe sanctions against the peacekeepers involved. Footage of the incident posted on social media showed uniformed men advancing towards an immobilised UN convoy behind a closed barrier in the town of Kasindi in eastern DR Congo's Beni territory.
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