Washington - Congo's leading opposition candidate for president says he was poisoned as part of a government plot to kill him.
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| Moise Katumbi arrives at court in Lubumbashi, (Fiston Mahamba, AFP) |
Moise Katumbi says in an interview with The Associated Press that
police injected him with an unknown substance during a demonstration in
May outside a courthouse in Lubumbashi.
Katumbi is a former
governor and longtime president of the TP Mazembe soccer team. He had
been summoned to court on allegations he hired mercenaries to be his
bodyguards, allegations he calls a "big joke."
Police fired tear
gas outside the venue, and Katumbi fell ill. He was medically evacuated
to South Africa and has since sought treatment in London and Germany.
Congo's
communications minister, Lambert Mende, was unavailable for comment but
has previously dismissed allegations that police harmed Katumbi.
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