source: Radio Okapi; 7 Sur 7; La Prunelle
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Beni
notes: On 28 October 2020, members of the civil society group Veranda Mutsanga held spontaneous demonstrations in Beni town (Beni, Nord-Kivu) and called for a general strike by erecting several barricades with rocks and other objects. They denounced the security mismanagement by the local authorities in relation to the jailbreak of over 1,500 prisoners the previous week. Some demonstrators stormed into schools to enforce the strike, resulting in some students injured and in property damage. The police intervened and dispersed the crowd using their batons, including a journalist who was beaten and injured. They arrested 14 people. [size=no report]