source: Actualite; Radio Okapi; Fizi Media TV
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Bukavu
notes: On 16 June 2020, a group of youngsters and taxi drivers barricaded roads and vandalized some public buildings in Bukavu (Sud-Kivu), including the quarantine center for coronavirus patients, from which patients were forced to flee. These attacks were a reaction to rumours that a fellow taxi driver was killed by policemen when enforcing the pandemic curfew the previous night. The police charged and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. [size=no report]