Tyler Thompson, 21, is one of three Americans detained in DR Congo last month after the incident.
US consular officials have not been granted access to see 21-year-old Tyler Thompson and two other Americans held in DR Congo
Fifty suspects, including three Americans, were detained after the 19 May incident, which saw dozens of heavily armed men occupy the Palais de la Nation, the office of the DR Congo's president. Videos taken in Kinshasa after the incident show Mr Thompson being hit with the butt of a rifle and repeatedly struck in the head by Congolese security forces.
She said he had been invited to travel with the Malanga family to DR Congo by Marcel, who was born in the US and is a US citizen."When the opportunity came up - why not?"
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