- Title: CONGO (KINSHASA): AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING AT KINSANGANI
- Date: 30th September 1966
- Summary: VARIOUS SHOTS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS; ABANDONED TRUCKS; COLONEL TSHTSHI'S BODY CARRIED; COMMANDOS INSPECTED Initials JMC/V-S/JF/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 15th October 1966 13:00
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- Location: KISANGANI, CONGO (KINSHASA)
- Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Reuters ID: LVA9HU38OH1ZD2JCU4ZHNGCYTIU4
- Story Text: THE FIRST FILM TAKEN IN KISANGANI IN CONGO (KINSHASA) SINCE IT WAS RECAPTURED BY GOVERNMENT FORCES LAST SUNDAY (25 SEPTEMBER) WAS RECEIVED IN LONDON TODAY (FRIDAY). KISANGANI - THE FORMER STANLEYVILLE - WAS SEIZED BY REBEL KATANGESE GENDARMES ON 29 JULY.
BITTER FIGHTING WENT ON THROUGHOUT LAST WEEKEND BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT FORCES REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CITY, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF ORIENTAL PROVINCE. THE REBELS SET FIRE TO BUILDINGS AND BLEW UP WITH WHAT THEY REGARDED AS MILITARY TARGETS BEFORE ESCAPING OR SURRENDERING. UP TO 900 OF THE 3,000 KATANGESE REBELS SURRENDERED LAST SUNDAY.
KISANGANI AIRPORT FELL TO THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND LATER IN THE DAY TWO AIRCRAFT FROM KINSHASA, THE CONGO CAPITAL, LANDED SAFELY, THEN TOOK OFF AGAIN WITH WOUNDED AND EVACUEES.
THE FIGHTING TO REGAIN KINSANGANI BEGAN A WEEK AGO. THE KATANGESE GENDARMES HAD TAKEN CONTROL OF THE CITY AFTER A SERIES OF MUTINIES AGAINST THEIR OWN OFFICERS. ABOUT 3,600 KATANGESE WERE SENT TO KINSANGANI LAST YEAR TO HELP SUPPRESS A REBEL MOVEMENT LED BY LEFT-WING POLITICIANS NOW IN EXILE.
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