At Least Five Killed in Protest Clashes in East DRC

Описание: At least five people have been killed and about 50 others injured on the second day of demonstrations in Congo's eastern city of Goma against the United Nations mission in the country, a government official said.

MORE: Associated Press journalists at the scene saw at least one man shot dead on Tuesday, while protesters and security forces clashed for the second day.

Protesters blamed shots fired by the peacekeepers for the deaths.

The government spokesman didn't say what caused the deaths but described the response by security forces and peacekeepers as "warning shots to disperse the demonstrators and prevent any attack on the @MONUSCO base and installations," he said on his Twitter account.

Demonstrators on Monday set fires and forced entry into the U.N. mission offices in Goma, accusing the peacekeeping forces of failing to protect civilians amid rising violence in Congo's eastern region.

They are calling for the U.N. forces, present in Congo for years, to leave.

(AP)

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