{"id":54645,"date":"2025-06-25T10:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/congolese-soldier-kills-three-colleagues-injures-eight-others-in-mungazi\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:39:29","slug":"congolese-soldier-kills-three-colleagues-injures-eight-others-in-mungazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/congolese-soldier-kills-three-colleagues-injures-eight-others-in-mungazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Congolese soldier kills three colleagues, injures eight others in Mungazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local officials reported that the confrontation happened shortly after the soldiers had received their paychecks. According to Fiston Misona Tabashile, president of the civil society in Walikale, tensions escalated into violence during an argument among the soldiers stationed in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The region&#8217;s army spokesperson Major Nestor Mavudisa, confirmed the casualties and said that the eight wounded soldiers are currently receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators have been apprehended and are in custody,\u201d said Mavudisa, urging the local population to continue their daily activities without fear.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Kokwe, a local miner, noted that initial confusion led many residents to suspect armed groups were involved, but eyewitness accounts later clarified that the incident involved members of the Congolese military.<\/p>\n<p>Mungazi is situated near the frontlines of ongoing military operations in eastern Congo, a region marked by complex security challenges and the presence of numerous armed groups competing for control.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89791 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg\" alt=\"The Congolese soldier is said to have opened fire on his fellow troops, killing three and injuring eight others after a brawl.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly shooting incident occurred late Monday evening in Mungazi, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, when a Congolese soldier opened fire on his fellow troops, killing three and injuring eight others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000089793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000089793,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5e946d5acbffa84333deca767bb5d244_l.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54645"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54645"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}