DR Congo: 7 members of a family killed in an arson attack in Goma
GOMA (DR Congo), Oct 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Seven members of a family were burnt to death on Saturday night in an “arson attack” in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said.
The fire broke out at around 11pm in the Katoyi neighbourhood, according to neighbours who heard the occupants of the burning house shouted for help.
According to these witnesses, the house was locked from the outside while the father, mother and children were inside.