THE Pretoria embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo is to get temporary police protection after four armed men assaulted staff and robbed the mission of R30000 on Monday. Ambassador Jean Lambert Ibula said on Tuesday the police have also offered to place guards at his official residence in Waterkloof, which has been robbed twice. According to the police, four men arrived at the embassy in Sunnyside at about 4pm and asked the guard to open the gate as they wanted to collect visa forms. The guard opened the gate, at which point the robbers took out guns and forced the guard to take them to a safe on the first floor. They left with the safe, which contained R30000.