.- Six people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after an incident that officials said was a failed coup in the president's residence in Kinshasa. "We have witnessed an attempted coup. A group of heavily armed people attacked the residence of the president. They were arrested at the first hurdle.
Our soldiers fought with them, arrested some and six people died," the minister said by telephone from Information, Lambert Mende. The official said the situation was under control and that authorities were trying to identify suspects. No further details were available about the deceased.
Separately, a presidential source said President Joseph Kabila was not in the residence when the attack occurred but had returned and was now safe. Kabila came to power when his father was assassinated in 2001. Faces presidential and parliamentary elections in November this year, second in the country since the end of the war from 1998 to 2003.
In a controversial measure on 15 January, the Parliament supported Kabila protests to reduce the presidential vote over a single lap, removing the possibility of a runoff between the top two candidates if no one has an absolute majority. The change means that the winner can claim the presidency with less than 50 percent of popular support and is considered Kabila increases the likelihood of victory due to the fragmented state of the opposition. 
Our soldiers fought with them, arrested some and six people died," the minister said by telephone from Information, Lambert Mende. The official said the situation was under control and that authorities were trying to identify suspects. No further details were available about the deceased.
Separately, a presidential source said President Joseph Kabila was not in the residence when the attack occurred but had returned and was now safe. Kabila came to power when his father was assassinated in 2001. Faces presidential and parliamentary elections in November this year, second in the country since the end of the war from 1998 to 2003.
In a controversial measure on 15 January, the Parliament supported Kabila protests to reduce the presidential vote over a single lap, removing the possibility of a runoff between the top two candidates if no one has an absolute majority. The change means that the winner can claim the presidency with less than 50 percent of popular support and is considered Kabila increases the likelihood of victory due to the fragmented state of the opposition.
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