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Four police officers arrested after fatal SOFICOM vehicle robbery in Kutu

By , based on Umuseke

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Four police officers and a civilian have been arrested in DR Congo on suspicion of taking part in the armed robbery of a vehicle belonging to the financial company SOFICOM in Kutu, Maï-Ndombe province. The 24 October attack left two people dead, a soldier and a police officer; the suspects were transferred to Bandundu-ville, Umuseke reports, citing a journalist from Radiotélévision Bandundu Développement.

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