24 women and two men were fatally electrocuted after the line snapped over a city market
The collapse of a high-voltage power cable onto a market in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulted in 26 deaths and two serious injuries on Wednesday.
DRC Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde announced the tragedy in a statement, revealing that the victims had been fatally electrocuted after the power cable snapped due to bad weather and fell on a market and housing below.
“I share the immense pain of the families. My thoughts are also with all the injured,” the prime minister said.
The fallen cable killed 24 women and two men, while another two people were seriously injured. The “bad weather” responsible for the tragedy was reportedly lightning, which struck the cable.
Government ministers visited the scene of the accident in an expression of solidarity, and government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya revealed that the authorities had begun the relocation of the affected market.
#RDC : #MatadiKibala, sur le lieu du drame avec les ministres de l’intérieur, de la solidarité, le gouverneur de la ville en attendant l’arrivée de @LukondeSama ! 26 morts, 24 femmes, 2 hommes et 2 blessés graves. Tous les corps ont été acheminé à la morgue de l’hôpital Mama Yemo pic.twitter.com/M71xGzGNlK
— Patrick Muyaya (@PatrickMuyaya) February 2, 2022
Muyaya said the accident had “accelerated the process to prevent other tragedies.”
According to Reuters, Congo’s national association of architects said the tragedy could have been avoided and was the result of mistreatment of planning regulations.
source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
