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| | 58 dead in Congo clashes | | The Australian |
 | | In the initial clash, militant opened fire when police tried to search the base, the residence of the movement's spiritual leader, Ne Muanda Nsemi, in the town of Matadi, 150km southwest of the capital Kinshasa. |
 | | A UN source in the country confirmed the overall toll of 58 and said the army had fired on crowds of demonstrators. |
 | | The BDK, known for its hostility to non-natives of the western Bas Congo region, has thousands of followers in the province, as well as in the neighbouring province of Bandundu and Kinshasa. |
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