Three Looters Killed as Crowds Attack U.N.

Thousands of rioters attacked United Nations compounds across Congo, furious that U.N. troops had not stopped renegade soldiers from seizing the eastern town of Bukavu.

The U.N. said its guards shot three looters dead in Kinshasa, the capital, where tens of thousands of demonstrators rampaged through the streets, smashing cars and attacking international staff while helicopters buzzed the riverside city.

U.N. officials said demonstrators had also attacked missions in the central town of Kindu, the northeastern city of Kisangani and the southern mining center of Lubumbashi.