The city of Beni spent the whole day in chaos.

Socio-economic activities were again disrupted almost all day this Friday, June 2020, 12 in the city centre of Beni in North Kivu, by a new demonstration of young people and some pressure groups including the 'Veranda Mutsunga'. ".
This is to demand the departurereturn of some authorities judged including the Mayor of the city already suspended and the commander of the Congolese National Police Urban Police in Beni.
To do this, the fighters of this pressure group went down to the streets to set barricades in several roads in the municipality of Mulekera, especially downtown (Motonge).
Son Isambiro,  of this pressure group in Beni said that this demonstration aims to demand for explanations for the dismissal of Urban Police Commissioner with the whole city's safety committee.
He condemns the attitude of the elements of order that began to disperse protesters using weapons and instead  gas bombs, he says, before adding that 3 of the protesters were arrested by police at of level. He requires their release without condition.
Several city streets that have been hit by protesters have already been evacuated by police deployed to restore order in the city.
There are allegations  that police in beni team up or connive with gangs and other bad elements to terrorise civilians. In the beggining of this police had been banned from taking guns to their homes and authorities  in beni had warned that any police  who will do that will be attested.
In his words on 10/06/2020' Colonel Van Kasongo stressed it that"Any police officer who will be found with a weapon in his home will be arrested"
From now on, no police officer in the city of Beni, North Kivu, has the right to keep a weapon in his home or place of residence.
" Any police officer who will be found with a weapon in his home will simply be arrested warned Colonel Van Kasongo, in charge of the administration of the Congolese National Police (PNC) in North Kivu.
The announcement of this decision was made on Monday, June 8, during an exchange with the elements of the order at the PNC / Beni staff.
In his word to the police, Colonel Van Kasongo said he found that some of them use weapons to commit of acts, including robbery, red tape and other evils that caused local people.
That is why he believes that this decision is urgently needed and the announcement of severe penalties to those who will disobey this order.