At least 19 criminals were presented to the public by the Governor of Haut-Katanga Province Jacques Kyabula Katwe, after being arrested during a search operation by security forces. Some of the criminals are believed to have been part of the violent attack that rocked the suburb of Kilobelobe between the 03th and 04th of May 2020.
What was described as a night of terror, armed criminals broke in 36 houses and began looting valuables belonging to the occupants; in the process six people were killed, a child kidnapped and one woman raped.
Residents told reporters that the ordeal took four hours before the police could finally respond.
On Tuesday 19 May 2020, thirty people were already arrested in connection with the crime; some of whom were identified as members of the police and military forces.
The persistent criminal activities in Lubumbashi and the province of Haut-Katanga as a whole has been going on for severals years now, claiming innocent lives almost every month. Once regarded as the safest region in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the population here are now at the mercy of criminals.
The government has tried to solve the problem by relocating a large number of military personnel (who have been blamed for the escalating crime rate) to various military barracks across the country; however there are still many ghosts and unregistered security forces roaming around the area with weapons and other military equipments.
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