Paris - The killer of President Laurent Kabila escaped from the scene of the shooting in Kinshasa's presidential palace and was not killed as stated by Congolese authorities, a French newspaper said yesterday.
Le Monde, in a long two-page report, did not give the name of the killer but said he was accompanied by Second Lieutenant Rachidi Kasereka, a member of the presidential guard, who was shot dead covering the killer's escape. It said there were former child soldiers among the attack group.
Le Monde said much of its information about the January 16th killing came from a plot leader it identified as Second Lieutenant A.H.