/ 14 November 2000

13 ASPHYXIATED IN POLICE STATION

AT least 13 people being held in a police station in western Congo died of asphyxiation at the weekend because of extreme heat. Police said 13 people had died of asphyxiation at a police station in the southern oil city Pointe-Noire on Sunday, while a Congolese human rights association said 15 lives were lost. – AFP