3 Americans among 50 detained after failed coup in DR Congo nypost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nypost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have accused an opposition figure as being behind the alleged coup with footage emerging of Americans begging for mercy as armed guards stood around them
KINSHASA, Congo Congo s army said it foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, after attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa.
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.