In a statement from the Ministry of Culture published this Saturday, November 5, Minister Catherine Kathungu Furaha gave “her support” to singer Fally Ipupa, after the incidents during the artist’s concert on Saturday October 29 at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa. According to the first assessment of the authorities, 11 people died there, including two police officers.
In his ” message of solidarity to Fally Ipupa, Minister Catherine Kathungu Furaha asks that ” thorough investigations are carried out “. She offers her condolences to the families of the victims and asks not to give in to manipulation or retrieval that would attempt to harm to Fally Ipupa.
” After this showit is informed of the loss of human lives whose origin would be consecutive to the overcrowding of music lovers present at the stadium, having caused cases of death by asphyxiation “, Can we read in the press release, which does not specify the number of deaths.
” While waiting for the final report of the investigations carried out by the competent authorities, the supervisory ministry asks everyone not to give in to manipulation or recovery which would attempt to harm the person of the artist and to confuse him in a destructive maneuver “.
SUPPORT FOR FALLY #IPUPA AND WAITING FOR INVESTIGATIONS
The minister #Kathungu deplores the deaths after the concert of 29/10. She asks the population not to give in to manipulation and to wait for the results of the investigations.
The note from the communication unit is published… pic.twitter.com/hHe1Pb2xRd– Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage DRC (@minculturap_rdc) November 5, 2022
As early as Sunday morning, the Deputy Minister of the Interior announced that two of the eleven victims were police officers, one of whom had injured himself with his weapon. Daniel Asselo nevertheless incriminated the organizer of the concert: he is actively wanted and ” he must be punished ” because'” he went beyond stadium capacity “, he said.
The police said they had mobilized 2,500 police officers to maintain order around and inside the 80,000-seat stadium. According to the press release from the chief of police, it was undoubtedly the overflow of spectators – they were more than 120,000 – which caused the tragedy of October 29 during this concert by Fally Ipupa, marking the 16-year career of the artist.
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