BUNIA, DR CONGO: A Congolese broadcaster and his wife were murdered overnight after receiving threats from militia forces in the volatile Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). 'The journalist, Joel Mumbere Musavuli, director of Baronnie de Byakato radio-television, was assassinated at about 1:30 a.m. by suspected Mai-Mai militiamen,' local area leader Mwami Salamabongo said. 'He was stabbed in the ribs and neck. 'His wife was gravely wounded by a machete and finally died from her injuries,' Salamabongo told AFP. Musavuli was the second journalist murdered in similar circumstances in the area. Musavuli had been 'threatened' after fronting a program on June 26, which looked into armed groups.
