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"Our classmate Honore Sama, a student at the University of Kinshasa, was filming a comedy internship. A police officer demanded that he wear a mask during the filming ", the student Pasian Ondia, present when the incident unfolded, told the French Agency.
"Despite the explanations she gave him and despite showing him his mask, the policeman, outraged because he was probably waiting for money, accused him of resisting and shot him in the face," he added.
Similar testimonies were gathered from the highly-acclaimed Top Congo radio station and news sites.
The use of a mask is mandatory in the country, with a fine of 10.000 Congolese francs (around 4 euros). But in Kinshasa, police officers are often accused of harassing citizens and embezzling fines without issuing certificates of infringement and fines.
According to the latest official epidemiological data, as of yesterday, Friday, the DRC had recorded 1.021 deaths due to COVID-19 out of a total of 47.786 SARS-CoV-2 cases.
As of July 10, the immunization campaign has been suspended in the country of 92 million people, as the available stock of vaccines of the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca exceeded the expiration date.
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