Court blaze delays vote fraud trial
A hearing on vote fraud charges will be delayed and continue in a new location in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa after part of the country’s supreme court caught fire yesterday amid gunfire and street fighting among supporters of the runner-up, officials said today.
The fire that destroyed sections of the court was put out last night and Congolese army forces were stationed around the building Wednesday. Papers were still smouldering in the back of a courtroom this morning.
