Scores die in Congo unrest

KINSHASA — Several people died in a second day of violence in D.R. Congo on Tuesday, with three opposition HQ buildings torched in a fresh bout of clashes between police and opponents of President Joseph Kabila. The renewed violence came after a bloody day on Monday during which opposition groups said more than 50 people had died in protests calling for Kabila’s resignation. The national secretary of the main opposition group blamed a “commando” unit from the regime for torching the opposition headquarters buildings. “Does a normal state respond with reprisals?” said Felix Tshisekedi from the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). At least two burnt bodies could be seen in the fire-ravaged UDPS offices. Two others were burned alive and another injured, ournalists said. — AFP