The attempted coup, led by US national Christian Malanga, took place in the early hours of Sunday in the Gombe area of the capital, near the Palais de la Nation that houses the president s offices.
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The DR Congo military says it thwarted an "attempted coup" on Sunday near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa involving "foreigners and Congolese".