DRC: Gunmen sabotage relay transmitter of television station

Reporters without borders (RSF) has condemned the 12 October 2006 destruction by unidentified gunmen of a transmitter in the southeastern province of Katanga, which relayed the satellite broadcasts of Canal Congo Télévision (CCTV), a station owned by presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba. In the 12 October raid, a group of gunmen forced their way into the relay station 15 km south of Lubumbashi, beat and tied up three police officers who were present, and then poured acid on the CCTV transmitter.