source: Radio Okapi; BBC News
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Basoko
notes: On 29 September 2020, a group of local residents vandalized the police station and other public buildings in Basoko (Basoko, Tshopo). They looted and set ablaze these buildings as well as private residences of local authorities in reaction to the killing of a civilian man by the FARDC. The police, who tried without success to disperse the crowd by firing warning shots, fled towards the forest. No fatalities and/or injuries reported. [size=no report]