The victim was a market woman who was shot in the head by soldiers after they opened fire on crowds in Tshikapa, a city in the restive central Kasai region, a local NGO said. TENSION HIGHThe death comes after at least one other person was killed and more than 80 injured in weekend clashes in the city. A woman who was selling embers at the Sokajik market was hit in the head," said the head of a Congolese NGO which was on site. A campaign trip by "pro-Kabila" candidate, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a former interior minister and close ally of the president, was cancelled due to the unrest, according to a source close to his campaign. At least seven people have died in pre-election violence since the beginning of campaigning on November 22, according to various sources.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2018 17:26 UTC