An AK 47 and ammunitions recovered from a home suspected of habouring armed bandits in mobgwabilu 85 km from bunia

The incident took place around 9 am in the Depot district, avenue Goli in the rural commune of Mogbwalu, located more than 85 km from Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri.
The mayor of this commune Jean-Pierre Bikilisende, who gives an assessment of this attack, indicates that four people were arrested, another injured and an AK47 weapon with ammunition recovered as well as several other goods.
"[...] Another one managed to climb to the ceiling, they realized that he was looking for a weapon and it was then that there was an exchange of fire. The police fired on it and the gentleman fell from the ceiling and another came out ;
Following this search, a total of four people were arrested, an AK-47 weapon recovered with several other military effects.
"We managed to arrest four people and after the search of the police, he was found in this house, an AK47 weapon with a magazine and four ammunitions, suspected elements  may be hiding  within the population .
Mr. Bikilisende called on the population in his jurisdiction to be vigilant about security and to denounce any civilian person holding weapons while recalling that only the police and the military are authorized by law to bear arms.
The commune of Mungwalu, a mining entity whose main activity is the artisanal exploitation of gold, underwent last April, an attack by the assailants of CODECO which had killed three civilians, 1 police officer and three militiamen neutralized.