Kinshasa, August 4th, 2025 (CPA).- One dead, a police substation and five (5) vehicles burned were reported after a match organised on Sunday between the Nzengi and Kindele neighbourhoods in Mont-Ngafula, a municipality in western Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the administrative sources on Monday. « A young boy is dead after a friendly football match organized on Sunday between the Nzengi and Kindele neighbourhoods of our municipality. His body is currently at the mortuary of the University Clinics of Kinshasa.
Following this incident, young people burned down a police substation and five (5) vehicles, as well as causing other material damage, » said Zeze Selemani, deputy mayor of the municipality of Mont-Ngafula. Mr Zeze said that the incident occurred after the Nzengi neighbourhood team defeated the Kindele neighbourhood team.
According to Mr Jean Mwamba, one of the leaders of the Tshibanda neighborhood, the situation began to escalate around 5 p.m., when the Nzengi neighborhood won the friendly football match and the Kindele neighborhood players began to threaten the winners. The situation was brought under control after the mayor dispatched several police officers to secure the population. Activities remain paralysed, several shops have not opened and there is little traffic.