source: Les Echos (Republic of Congo)
actor1: Rioters (Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Republic of Congo (1997-)
location: Nkayi
notes: On 29 September 2020, a group of local people vandalized several public buildings including a police station and a public market in Nkayi city (Nkayi, Bouenza). They looted and torched these buildings in reaction to the killing of a woman by a policeman after she had refused to wear a face mask. The state forces, outnumbered, fled the village. Wearing face mask was declared mandatory due to the coronavirus pandemic. [size=no report]