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25 killed as high-voltage power cable snaps in market

Kinshasa: In a tragic incident, at least 25 people  including 23  women died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market. The incident took place in Kinshasa, the capital city of Congo on Wednesday.

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‘A high-voltage electric cable fell on several houses in the Matadi-Kibala district and in the market, several people died on the spot’, said  Kinshasa’s police chief Sylvano Kasongo. The victims are mostly saleswomen in the  local market.

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