What the records say
- When
- 30 Dec 2013
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 4.39° S, 15.44° E
- Description
- The Congolese army regains control after multiple attacks by around 40 gunmen across the capital at the airport and state television headquarters.
Placed at the site its text puts it in, N'djili International Airport.
December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
Rioting by followers of Paul Joseph Mukungubila in DR Congo
Attacks in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were launched by supporters of religious leader Paul Joseph Mukungubila against television studios, the airport and a military base in the capital on 30 December 2013. The state security forces responded, killing around 54 of the attackers.
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