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Caritas director shot and killed in Congo
September 25, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Dieudonné Barondezi, the director of Caritas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was shot and killed on September 19, the international Catholic charity has reported.
Barondezi was stopped at a roadblock by armed militants and shot; he was taken to a nearby hospital but pronounced dead.
Rebel groups in the DRC have frequently targeted the representatives of charitable agencies.
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