Protesters furious over rebel attack torch UN base and town hall in Congolese city.
An angry crowd set fire to a United Nations building as well as a local mayor's office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday, in the wake of a deadly attack by an armed group.
The U.N. base was left"badly damaged" and staff"have been redeployed to other areas for their safety" as the protests continue, the United Nations said in a press release Monday.Some 16,000 peacekeepers, known as"blue helmets," serve with MONUSCO.
Francois Grignon, an acting deputy special representative at MONUSCO, said U.N. peacekeepers were not asked by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in the fight against the assailants after Sunday's attack.
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