A journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo has died from bullet wounds sustained when police clashed with bandits, local media report.
Jean-Marie Luzingu was in the Kinshasa communes of Bandalungwa and Bumbu when the clashes happened.
He was hit by a bullet fired by the local police, eyewitnesses told Mishapi Voice radio.
His fellow Congolese journalists have been mourning his death on Twitter, with one describing it as “painful” and “sad”.
A search is underway to trace the perpetrator who is on the run, Mishapi Voice reports.
The media professionals’ guild has demanded justice, it says.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
