March 25, 2017•Update: March 26, 2017
By Godfrey Olukya
ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 40 policemen have been killed on late Friday by militiamen in , according to a security officer.
They were reportedly ambushed as they traveled in several vehicles from Tshikapa town to Kananga town.
security officer in central DRC, Ambrose told Anadolu Agency that the militiamen killed the policemen and only spared those who spoke their language.
said: ''They ambushed the policemen as they traveled from Tshikapa to Kananga. After capturing them, they started killing them and only spared six who spoke Tshiluba language''.
The militiamen later took off with the vehicles and guns belonging to the police.
The militiamen are followers of the late local chief called who was killed in August 2016 by policemen when he attacked them after convincing his followers that it was time to do away with Kinshasa government and establish their own state.
Last month militiamen attacked the police and the police and army responded with fierce force killing dozens of them, an act human rights organization have bitterly condemned saying force was used.
Several mass graves, suspected to be containing bodies of militiamen killed by police have been discovered by local and international human rights organizations and are being investigated.
