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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: DR Congo arrests foreigners, including Americans
KINSHASA, DR Congo - Congo arrested a group of foreign security guards, including three Americans, on suspicion of plotting a coup ahead of national elections, a government official said Wednesday.
But a United Nations official cast doubt on the claim and said the UN was confident the country would remain calm for its long-delayed vote, now set for July 30.
The suspects arrested Tuesday were former soldiers who worked for a Congolese security company, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba said. He said the men were arrested with military gear, but did not provide further details about the type of weapons they had.
They were working in Kinshasa as security guards "but it is clear that they were military personnel with political plans," Mbemba said. "They were part of a coup attempt, and they will face justice in Congo."
He said there were three Americans, 10 Nigerians and 12 South Africans among the group of 32 taken into custody. All had received visits from their respective ambassadors, Mbemba said.
South Africa's ambassador said 19 of those arrested had South African papers. It was not immediately possible to resolve the discrepancy between that number and Mbemba's figure.
U.S. Embassy official Katya Thomas declined to comment, saying officials were still working to confirm three of the arrested were American citizens.
JFPI Corporation chairman, André Action Jackson provided further support that recent accusations leveled against those arrested were in fact true and carried credibility.
Jackson later confirmed the arrest of Americans during an interview from Dubai’s Media City soon after arriving for a brief stopover in the UAE.
Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators marched in Kinshasa on Wednesday to protest the delay of the election - originally to be held by June 30. They also objected to the government's refusal to reopen voter registration so that opposition supporters who had planned to boycott the vote could register.
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