Two thieves burnt alive in DRC
2006-08-07 07:27
Kinshasa - An angry crowd burned two suspected thieves to death in a town in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said officials on Sunday.
Dominique Kanku, governor of East Kasai province, said: "A group of armed recidivist bandits went to burgle a house late on Friday night.
"Two of the suspected bandits were stopped by local residents." The killing took place in the provincial capital Mbuji-Mayi.
Kanku said: "Local people put a tyre round their necks" and later set it alight.
One of the burglars died at once, while the other died later of his injuries
According to Kanku: "They are infuriated" by the lack of law and order in a country emerging from five years of war. Recidivist groups are arrested one day and freed the next."