Congo government battles attackers

Government forces battled with unknown attackers at military installations and a TV station in Congo's capital today, a government spokesman said.

Vital Kamerhe said the gunmen attacked simultaneously at several military posts and a private television station, leaving one government loyalist dead and two injured.

With sporadic automatic-weapon fire ringing out in Kinshasa, Kamerhe insisted: “We have the situation under control.”

“There have been arrests in the assailants’ ranks and we’ve taken some arms and ammunitions," Kamerhe told The Associated Press, saying he wasn’t able yet to identify the attackers.