Wazalendo FARDC clashes in UVIRA
Residents in UVIRA say the violence is pure ANGER after Tshisekedi's army arrested a Wazalendo member back on September 5, though nobody knows why. Leaflets went up across the city Tuesday begging for his release, but by Wednesday morning things turned deadly. Gunfire kicked off at 5:00 AM out on the periphery and rolled into neighborhoods like KAVIMVIRA, KASENGA, KALUNDU, MULONGWE, KIMANGA, and NYAMIANDA before spreading everywhere. The clashes between WAZALENDO factions and the FARDC under FÉLIX TSHISEKEDI have made security in southern SOUTH-KIVU PROVINCE especially tense. At least one schoolchild from EP UMOJA in KAMONGOL got shot dead in KALUNDU during the morning chaos. A fourth-grade student at that same school was killed by bullets right there in Kalundu. Schools sent kids home early, businesses shut down, and transport links between BUKAVU, UVIRA, and other spots got suspended. The situation in UVIRA feels heavy with tension as the fighting continues.
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Majeshi yawe tunatoka kufatidia wale wasenze ambao walikuwa napiga masasi Kungambo ya juu huku kubirima wajeshi wa fieka adui Tunatoka kupambana kabisa wa milima mirefu kabisa Majinga wale ambao walipanya kitu wa sicho kijua Yawa tulukuwa na majeshi yawe wa fardise Piga adui kabisa wanakimbia kabisa wa milima mirefu Kwa hivyo wanafuta kaysa kwa hivyo mbwetu vyongozi waliyomo ndani ya mungini wa ufira kushimama na kutetea kupamana Wajili ya okombozi bora Na general alia ndani ya pizu atatoka Kwa mazungumuzo peke binafsi ya asisi na vyongozi wa FRDC Watatoka Yaani tunataka kwa ambia watu pakazi ya ndelee Wafanya kazi vema Asisi njoo tunatoka mtere uku yulu Kikosi yote munaona hapa Na kwa hiyo tunashukuru kwa generale wote ambao wametupa kikosi General Kadandari RFI General Aleximo Amatia General Komanda Mtoto Komandema ya Namtaga Na Komanda Nuki Because kabisa tukua huku Na mimi peke General Fudre Rouge ikwe Na wengine wengi kipawa mbao metungua mukono Tuka wangozana kuenda kumumumu Saliti amri ya aduwi kabisa Na tumesaliti na mekimbia Na wanasiriwa kaji wa vila kwanzia sasa, hakuna tena risasi. Na wata rejea tena, umefaulu kazi aksalit.
