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23 November, 2011 - 12:58

Opposition MP shot dead in DR. Congo: police

People attend an electoral campaign meeting for their party in Kinshasa on October 30, 2011. Gunmen shot dead an opposition lawmaker in Kinshasa in the latest violent episode ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo's weekend elections, police said Wednesday. data/files/photo_1322047553723-2-1.jpg

Gunmen shot dead an opposition lawmaker in Kinshasa, police said Wednesday, four days before the Democratic Republic of Congo holds general elections.

Marius Gangale of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo was attacked as he was stuck in a traffic jam late Tuesday, Kinshasa police chief Jean de Dieu Oleko told AFP without elaborating.