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KINSHASA - The national radio and television and other institutions of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been targeted by the perpetrators of the attack Sunday Kinshasa against the residence of President Joseph Kabila said on Tuesday the spokesman of the Congolese government.
addition to residence and Kokolo military camp, "we also know that many other sites, including RTNC (national radio and television) ... were targeted (...). We were able to get their hands on Most people who have been made to address these different sites, "said Lambert Mende during a press conference.
"There's a whole list of these sites," he added without specifying the TRNC out.
"A + + captain responsible for the attack would have fallen (...) at the head of his troops. "It would be a" former a former armed group, that's all we know, "said Mr. Mende, also Minister of Communication and Media.
The two attacks Sunday at 1:30 p.m. local, have been carried out "within minutes of interval" with a "fifty to sixty men" divided into two groups, the presidential residence and cons cons Kokolo camp "where they tried possession of ammunition, "without success, according to the spokesman.
Over sixty" terrorists "were arrested and questioned, including the attackers and other persons "who were denounced" by those already arrested, told AFP the minister.
"Sponsors both domestically and abroad are listed" by the arrestees, he added, still without giving any details.
September attackers were killed by Mr. Mende, and ten UN source said quoting security sources Congolese. This source had added a hundred men had attacked "simultaneously" the residence and the camp. A member of the Republican Guard (ex-presidential guard) was also killed, the minister said.
The perpetrators of the attacks were "with a relatively high firepower (Kalashnikov rifles and RPG rocket launchers 7) and carrying of bladed weapons, including machetes," amulets and fetishes, "he said .
The spokesman once again felt it was not a coup but a "terrorist attack" designed "to scare people in Kinshasa.
The investigations by the judiciary will "learn more about the initiators, actors, sponsors, networks of complicity and potential targets of this criminal action," according to the spokesman.
"The terrorist line with its political and logistical support internal and external are now being monitored," he said.
"If the country is disturbed by such attacks could be repeated unless we take steps to eradicate them, and although it is unlikely that elections are held," warned Mr. Mende.
The presidential election is scheduled for late November. Elected in 2006, President Kabila, 40 in June, should it represent.
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