206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts
Buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others including inside a church where dozens were attending Mass when it buckled under the force of the blast, officials and witnesses said.
The shock waves shattered windows in a three-mile (five-kilometer) radius surrounding the barracks storing the munitions, including across the river that separates Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, from Kinshasa, the capital of the larger Central African nation of Congo. (AP)
