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High-voltage power cable snaps in Kinshasa market, killing 26

A general view shows traffic along a street in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, December 21, 2016. [Reuters]

Twenty-six people died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, the government said.

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