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Zimbabwean truck driver shoot in DRC
19 Sep 2013 at 16:12hrs | Views
A Zimbabwean truck driver has been shot and wounded by Congolese gunmen last Saturday.
Patrick Murifi, 31 sustained serious injuries on both legs after he was allegedly shot at by security forces on the DRC side of the border with Zambia. Other reports suggest that Murifi was shot by unknown Congolese gunmen.
The border was forced to close on Tuesday after irate truck drivers rioted, beating up many Congolese and burnt their goods following the shooting of the Zimbabwean driver.
Although calm had returned at the border by midday yesterday, truck drivers demanded an explanation from Congolese authorities on what happened to the Zimbabwean driver.
Ernest Mwewa, one of the truck drivers talked to yesterday, said the demands of the drivers were that the Congolese government must put up security because of the lawlessness on the Congolose side.
Patrick Murifi, 31 sustained serious injuries on both legs after he was allegedly shot at by security forces on the DRC side of the border with Zambia. Other reports suggest that Murifi was shot by unknown Congolese gunmen.
The border was forced to close on Tuesday after irate truck drivers rioted, beating up many Congolese and burnt their goods following the shooting of the Zimbabwean driver.
Although calm had returned at the border by midday yesterday, truck drivers demanded an explanation from Congolese authorities on what happened to the Zimbabwean driver.
Ernest Mwewa, one of the truck drivers talked to yesterday, said the demands of the drivers were that the Congolese government must put up security because of the lawlessness on the Congolose side.
Source - times
