Paul Joseph Mukungubila Mutombo

Paul Joseph Mukungubila Mutombo, also known as Gideon Mukungubila, is a Christian religious leader and self-proclaimed prophet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the 2006 general election.

In December 2013, about 100 Mukungubila's followers attacked the state TV headquarters, N'djili Airport and a military base around Kinshasa, with 46 of the attackers being killed. Mukungubila stated that he was responding to government harassment, and forced state TV staff members to read a statement proclaiming, "Gideon Mukungubila has come to free you from the slavery of the Rwandan."[1] An attack on the Kinshasa barracks of the Presidential Guard in July 2014 was also attributed to around 20 of Mukungubila's followers.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "DR Congo 'repulses' TV, airport and army base attacks". BBC. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ↑ DR Congo 'repels' attack on Kinshasa barracks, BBC 22 July 2014


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