An attempted jailbreak at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest and chronically overcrowded prison this week has left at least 129 people dead, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
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The circumstances around the bid to bust out of Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa in the early hours of Monday remain unclear.
But Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani in a statement released by video to the media on Tuesday announced a provisional death toll of 129 people.
They included “24 who were shot after warnings”, he said.
At least 59 others had been wounded and were receiving care, he added.