CONGO 🇨🇩 L'identité des auteurs de l'attaque ce dimanche matin dans la capitale congolaise révélée. Des images tournées par les assaillants montrent M. Christian #Malanga, membre de la diaspora congolaise résidant aux États-Unis, qui a toujours prôné le retour au #Zaïre, accompagné de son fils et de quelques personnes portant des armes à l’intérieur du Palais de la Nation. Dans une video , les assaillants ont déclarés qu’à partir d’aujourd’hui, "la RDC n'existe plus, c’est le Zaïre".
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Three US citizens are accused of being involved in a failed coup attempt in #Congo that left multiple people dead.
According to the Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC) military, they stopped an attempted #coup near the presidential palace.
Among the 50 people who were involved were three Americans who have been arrested.
A passport for one of these Americans is now spreading online, a 36-year-old U.S. citizen born in Maryland. (WaPo)
#US#Ambassador to Congo, Lucy #Tamlyn has acknowledged the involvement of US citizens in a recent statement.
The coup was allegedly led by US-based Congolese politician Christian #Malanga.
He was killed at the presidential palace after he resisted arrest.