At least 17 killed in Monday’s clashes in Congo capital

Brazzaville, Congo | AFP | 

At least seventeen people died Monday in fighting in Congo’s capital Brazzaville, the government said, adding they had been killed in a “terror attack” and the subsequent “rapid intervention” by security forces.

“Three members of the security forces, two civilians and 12 attackers” were killed in the unrest in the city’s south, according to a “provisional toll” posted by government spokesman Thierry Moungalla on Twitter Tuesday.