Congolese army says shootout in the capital is failed coup, perpetrators arrested

Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and a top politician’s guards left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa. Clashes were reported between men in military uniform and guards of a local politician at the politician’s house that is on Tshatshi Boulevard which is 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the presidential palace and where some embassies are also located. This came amid a crisis gripping President Felix Tshisekedi’s ruling party over an election for the parliament’s leadership which was supposed to be held Saturday but was postponed.