The body of a DR Congo opposition deputy and former government minister was found riddled with bullets in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, officials said.
Cherubin Okende was a member of the party of Moise Katumbi, a leading opposition politician who is set to contest the presidential election in the central African nation in December.
Okende's bullet-riddled body was subsequently found in his car on Thursday morning on one of the city's main thoroughfares, the official added.They want to reduce us to silence. Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya likewise tweeted that"the government was shocked to learn of the assassination" and that it had ordered a probe.
At the time, Katumbi had announced his presidential bid and withdrawn his Ensemble pour la Republique party from the ruling coalition.
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