{"id":283472,"date":"2011-02-27T18:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/27\/gunmen-try-to-attack-republic-of-congo-president\/"},"modified":"2011-02-27T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T18:29:50","slug":"gunmen-try-to-attack-republic-of-congo-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/27\/gunmen-try-to-attack-republic-of-congo-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen try to attack Republic of Congo president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"45.76011846\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"22\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>President Joseph Kabila was not injured<\/li>\n<li>Government says the attack was an act of terror<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Armed men on Sunday attempted to attack the residence of Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but were repelled by troops at a checkpoint before reaching the palace, the country&#8217;s communications minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the gunmen were killed and an unknown number of others were captured, Lambert Mende told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Kabila was at the palace at the time of the attack, but was not injured. Mende described the incident in the capital, Kinshasa, as an act of terror and not a coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/p8eO7UUiFIk\/index.html\" title=\"Gunmen try to attack Republic of Congo president\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunmen try to attack Republic of Congo president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS President Joseph Kabila was not injured Government says the attack was an act of terror (CNN) &#8212; Armed men on Sunday attempted to attack the residence of Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but were repelled by troops at a checkpoint before reaching the palace, the country&#8217;s communications minister said. Six of the gunmen were killed and an unknown number of others were captured, Lambert Mende told CNN. Kabila was at the palace at the time of the attack, but was not injured. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen try to attack Republic of Congo president - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/27\/gunmen-try-to-attack-republic-of-congo-president\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gunmen try to attack Republic of Congo president - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS President Joseph Kabila was not injured Government says the attack was an act of terror (CNN) -- Armed men on Sunday attempted to attack the residence of Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but were repelled by troops at a checkpoint before reaching the palace, the country&#039;s communications minister said. 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