Three people have been killed in scuffles over food aid at a displaced persons’ camp in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on Friday, IgbereTV reports
Local officials on Thursday brought food to Kanyarucyinya camp, a facility housing around 17,500 people near the city of Goma, but decided to distribute the aid the following morning, camp chief Theo Musekura said.
The decision angered some of the displaced people, provoking scuffles in which three people were killed, he told AFP.
Some of the displaced were shot and others trampled, Musekura added.
Two displaced people at Kanyarucyinya also confirmed that three people had been killed, explaining that police officers had opened fire in a bid to disperse the crowd.
A security official who requested anonymity said that two people had been shot dead and one trampled to death, and five wounded, he added.
Some witnesses said the scuffles broke out because people were trying to steal the food
