DR Congo Thwarts Coup Attempt -- CRIEnglishAn unknown group of armed men on Sunday attacked the residence of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Joseph Kabila. The raid soon fell in disarray with seven assailants killed.
Officials told Xinhua that the residence situated in Gombe district in the capital Kinshasa was attacked at 1:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT).
The assault prompted a return of fire from the presidential guards, who killed at least seven attackers, injured several others and arrested some more.
Xinhua was told that after 30 minutes of heavy fighting, one of the presidential guards was seriously injured.
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