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Attempted coup d’état: US ambassador promises to cooperate if US citizens are involved
The United States Ambassador to the DRC, Lucy Tamlyn, promises to cooperate with Congolese authorities in the event of the involvement of American citizens in the attack on the residence of Vital Kamerhe and the palace of the nation. She expressed it this Sunday, May 19 on her X account. "I am shocked by the events of this morning and very concerned by reports of American citizens being involved. Please be assured that we will cooperate to the fullest extent possible with the DRC authorities as they investigate these criminal acts and will hold accountable any American citizen involved in criminal acts," she wrote. During his intervention on public television, RTNC, Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge, army spokesperson, announced that the FARDC foiled a coup d'état this Sunday, May 19. The perpetrators of this act, according to him, are foreigners and Congolese. He promised to provide details in the following hours on the profiles of the arrested attackers. Armed men made an incursion into the 'palace of the nation, seat of the Presidency'. A few hours after the attack, the Republican Guard arrested this group of attackers, dressed in fatigues with Zaire flags. These attackers claimed, in videos shared on social networks, "to want to change things in the management of the Republic." The perpetrators of this act, according to him, are foreigners and Congolese. He promised to provide details in the following hours on the profiles of the arrested attackers. But till now, he didn’t provide it. Normally, armed men made an incursion into the 'palace of the nation’, seat of the Presidency'. A few hours after the attack, the Republican Guard arrested this group of attackers, dressed in fatigues with Zaire flags. These attackers claimed, in videos shared on social networks, "to want to change things in the management of the Republic."
During his intervention on public television, RTNC, Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge, army spokesperson, announced that the FARDC foiled a coup d'état this Sunday, May 19.
The perpetrators of this act, according to him, are foreigners and Congolese. He promised to provide details in the following hours on the profiles of the arrested attackers. Armed men made an incursion into the 'palace of the nation, seat of the Presidency'. A few hours after the attack, the Republican Guard arrested this group of attackers, dressed in fatigues with Zaire flags. These attackers claimed, in videos shared on social networks, "to want to change things in the management of the Republic."
The perpetrators of this act, according to him, are foreigners and Congolese. He promised to provide details in the following hours on the profiles of the arrested attackers. But till now, he didn’t provide it.
Normally, armed men made an incursion into the 'palace of the nation’, the seat of the Presidency.
A few hours after the attack, the Republican Guard arrested this group of attackers, dressed in fatigues with Zaire flags. These attackers claimed, in videos shared on social networks, "to want to change things in the management of the Republic."
