Quarantine centre attacked
Publish date: 22 June 2020
Issue Number: 878
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: DRC
A coronavirus treatment and quarantine centre has been ransacked in the DRC during a riot over the killing of a young man. The authorities in South Kivu said unidentified gunmen had shot and killed the young man on Monday, adding that there were rumours that his assailants were police who were enforcing a virus curfew declared by Governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi. A report on the News24 site notes that the governor promised 'his personal involvement' in the investigations. The DRC has 4 974 confirmed Covid-19 infections, mostly in the capital Kinshasa.
