source: AFP; Twitter; Actualite; La Prunelle; Kivu Times
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Military Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Nyangezi
notes: On 16 July 2021, a group of people barricaded roads (through unspecified means) in the village of Nyangezi (Walungu, Sud-Kivu) to demonstrate against the murder of a merchant who was kidnapped by an unidentified armed group the previous day. During the event, the group killed and burnt 2 FARDC officers whom they accuse of being implicated in the murder. The PNC intervened in the event to disperse the rioters. A civilian was shot. [size=no report]