At least 11 killed on Tuesday in Congo election protests

Kinshasa - At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday
in protests in Democratic Republic of Congo against a
draft measure that could delay the 2016 presidential
election, the government said on Wednesday, bringing
the toll from two days of violence to 14.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende said the
victims were a policeman and 10 civilians, killed by
security guards as they tried to loot private property in
Kinshasa.
Congo's opposition parties called the protests on
Monday in a bid to stop pro-government legislators
approving a reform of the electoral code that would
require a national census before the presidential vote.
The opposition says that would delay the ballot by
several years, extending President Joseph Kabila's
time in power.
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