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2 burnt to death as uniformed attackers torch Congo opposition’s HQ

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2 burnt to death as uniformed attackers torch Congo opposition's HQ
Incoming reports from Kinshasa, the capital of DR Congo suggests that armed uniformed attackers have set fire to the building of main opposition party headquarters a day after wild protests broke out with demonstrators calling for the resignation of incumbent President Joseph Kabila.
Two bodies which were burnt beyond recognition could be seen inside the offices of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) in Kinshasa on Tuesday, next to empty gasoline cans strewn across the floor by the assailants, a Reuters witness said.
“We were sleeping when men came and forced in the door … I saw men in military uniform,” said Jean Toumba, a UDPS member who had been sleeping in the building.
“They threw petrol and set fire to the office. I ran out to hide,” he told Reuters. The armed men burst in to the office in the capital’s Limete neighbourhood at around 3 a.m. (0200 GMT), he added.
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