DR Congo students protest police killing of maskless classmate
27 July 2021 |
2:02 pm
Students protest at the University of Kinshasa campus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a police officer shot a student over the weekend for not wearing a mask while filming on the streets of the capital.
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