A self-proclaimed “prophet” and televangelist blamed for violence that killed more than 100 people in DR Congo’s two main cities has fled the country, the government said on Tuesday.
Supporters of Joseph Munkugubila Mutombo, who describes himself as God’s “last envoy to humanity after Jesus Christ and Paul of Tarsus”, said it was the army that triggered the deadly unrest in Kinshasa and lubumbashi.
The government said its forces fought back a “terrorist offensive” on Monday, including attacks on the airport and main army headquarters in the capital as well as armed youths in the second city of lubumbashi. Government spokesperson lambert Mende said a total of 103 people were killed, 95 attackers and eight members of the armed forces.