The coup took place as Washington and its NATO allies wage a bitter struggle for influence in Africa with China and Russia, amid the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.
Christian Malanga was killed during an attack on the presidential palace after he resisted arrest, a spokesperson with the Democratic Republic of Congo army told outlets Sunday.
Christian Malanga, 41, was neutralized during the violent uprising in which he also involved his son, Marcel, 21, who remains captive in the central African nation.
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.