Lubumbashi: machete-wielding assailant and police officer killed at Haut-Katanga governorate
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
Two people — a police officer and the suspected assailant — were killed in an attempted machete incursion at the Haut-Katanga governorate in Lubumbashi on 6 November 2026 at around 8am. The assailant, described as a Mai-Mai militia member, overpowered a police officer before seizing his weapon, and the FARDC are now securing the scene.
An attempted armed incursion targeted the governorate of Haut-Katanga province in Lubumbashi on Friday 6 November 2026 at around 8am, leaving two people dead according to a provisional toll from concordant sources. An individual described as a suspected Mai-Mai militia member, armed with a machete, reportedly burst into the compound, overpowered a police officer on guard at the barrier before seizing his firearm; another police officer positioned at a distance opened fire on him.
The two dead are the police officer and the suspected assailant. The governorate has been placed under the surveillance of the FARDC, the Congolese army, deployed to secure the scene, and investigations are continuing to establish the exact circumstances of the incursion.
