Three US citizens arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo after failed coup

Three US citizens arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo after failed coup Congolese authorities have arrested three US citizens after a shootout in the capital Kinshasa on Sunday, alleging them to be CIA agents. After stopping the coup , the DRC Armed Forces announced that they had arrested 50 people, including three US citizens, Congolese army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Sylvain Ekenge told media. The orchestrator of the coup, Christian Malanga, a Congolese with US citizenship, was killed during the confrontation with security forces. General Ekenge confirmed Malanga’s death, stating that he had been “definitively neutralized“ in the operation. Source: Global News (EU, USA)