A Kinshasa government spokesman says those snared in the security net were posing a threat to stability.

DRC official spokesman Lambert Mende says the diplomat, who’s not been named, was found among a group of people that was believed to be in the process of bringing an attack against state security.

The US embassy in Kinshasa hasn’t commented on its envoy’s detention.

The security sweep was on a news conference in Kinshasa organised in support of a Congolese movement known as Filimbi that aims for greater youth participation in politics.

Mende did not say how many people were detained. Foreign journalists have been released. He didn’t say whether the diplomat, activists or local journalists had been released.

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