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At least two killed in crackdown on march against Congo's Kabila

Police officers react after a protester threw a stone from Notre Dame Cathedral compound in Kinshasa, DRC Congo. [Photo: Courtesy]

At least two people were killed and dozens more injured on Sunday when security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo cracked down on church-led demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila.

Catholic and evangelical churchgoers across Congo had meant to take to the streets following Sunday services, but they were met with police and soldiers deployed to stop them.

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