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A jailbreak attempt at the overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , turned into a horrific bloodbath on Monday, with at least 129 confirmed fatalities. According to prison officials, 24 of the dead were inmates whom prison guards shot, and most of the others were killed in a stampede.
Death by starvation is not an uncommon fate for Makala prisoners. Medicine — and even clean drinking water — is in short supply. About 70 percent of the inmates have yet to receive a trial. DRC Justice Minister Constant Mutamba blamed judges and magistrates on Tuesday for causing the prison to be overcrowded by being too eager to throw people in jail before their trials are complete.
The DRC government initially reported only two fatalities during the incident, a claim immediately disputed by political opposition leaders and human rights activists, who said even the government’s later admission of 129 deaths was too low.
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