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Clashes occur between demonstrators, who threw stones, and the police during protests against the proposed electoral law. The crowd also attacked two MONUSCO peacekeepers, injuring one. Some demonstrators were wounded and others arrested alongside opposition political leaders, including Rubens Mikindo, federal leader of the Union for Social Progress and Democracy [UDPS] in the east; Christian Badose, Ecide party's spokesman; Leon Tembo, Federal Chairman of the Union for the Congolese Nation [UNC] in the east and Jean Baptiste Kasekwa, Ecide party's executive secretary in eastern DRCongo. |
