Kalehe: Suspect in journalist Laurent Vainqueur Muliro’s murder arrested in Mashere Forest near Hombo

Maele Mulinga, suspected of involvement in the killing of journalist Laurent Vainqueur Muliro and three companions, was arrested on November 5 by Wazalendo fighters in Mashere Forest near Hombo-Sud in South Kivu. Security sources said he allegedly resisted arrest by opening fire and was shot in the leg; two men described as his fellow fighters were also arrested. After receiving medical care in Hombo-Sud, he is expected to be transferred to the competent judicial authorities. Muliro, a journalist with Walikale Amka community radio, was killed with his companions in an ambush on the Bukavu-Walikale road on October 21.