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Congo military plane crash kills 13, including three officers, official says
- On Friday, a Let L-410 operated by Tracep Congo Aviation crashed in Kenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 13 people aboard.
- The aircraft experienced a technical problem while flying from Kikwit to Kinshasa, forcing an emergency landing attempt in Kenge where it crashed into a residential plot.
- Among the 13 victims were three army officers and General Likulia Bakumi, the army's auditor general. Kwango Vice Governor Remy Saki Bokinda said, "12 were burned beyond recognition, while the pilot's lifeless body was found outside the aircraft."
- Congo's aviation accident investigation authority has formally launched a probe into the crash, while video posted to social media showed the wreckage burning on the ground.
- The loss of military leadership complicates ongoing security efforts, as the Congolese army faces significant setbacks against Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels who control eastern regions.
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The bosses of the military justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died on Friday 25 September 2026, along with ten other passengers and the pilot, in a plane crash in Kenge, Kwango province, near the capital Kinshasa. They are Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalay, first President of the High Military Court, and Lucien-René Likulia, Auditor General or Attorney General of the Army. It is almost the head of the military justice …
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