Cargo plane crashes in Congo, killing presidential staff onboard

 

“There are no survivors. The bodies were all burnt to ashes,” said advisor Vidiye Tshimanga.
 

The cause of the accident was not yet clear. Local media showed a crowd of hundreds of Tshisekedi supporters hitting the streets of Kinshasa after the news broke on Friday morning, fearing that the plane crash had been some kind of failed coup attempt against Tshisekedi.

The president took over from long-standing former President Joseph Kabila this year. No information immediately backed up such a claim.