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Congo State TV Reporter Killed in His Home, Group Says

by Associated Press

   KINSHASA, CONGO --

   A Congolese press freedom group says a state television reporter was
   killed in his home by unidentified assailants.

   The group Journalist in Danger said in a statement Wednesday that the
   reporter, Marcel Lubala, was shot three times early Tuesday morning at
   his home in the central town of Mbuji-Mayi. The group said his body was
   dragged in front of his wife, who had been tied up.

   The group said Lubala appeared to be the victim of a "settling of
   scores." It said journalists in the region would observe a "day without
   the press" on Thursday.

   The provincial government said several people were arrested in
   connection with the case, but did not suggest a possible motive.

   Journalist in Danger has recorded 14 journalist killings in Congo in
   the past decade.