source: Radio Okapi; BBC News
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Bunia
notes: On 8 August 2020, members of the Hema and Alur communities as well as other local clans marched in Bunia (Irumu, Ituri) against what they consider a genocide committed by the CODECO armed group against their communities. The police dispersed the demonstrators using tear gas to prevent access to the city hall, triggering confrontations which left some people wounded, including policemen. The police also fired live bullets inside 1 site for displaced people when chasing a group of demonstrators who had fled there, injuring 8 civilians and a 10-year old child. [size=no report]