Mutane 17 ne suka mutu sakamakon zaftarewar kasa a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo.
Bala’in ya afku ne da daddare ranar Lahadi a kusa da gabar kogin Kongo, a arewacin birnin Lisala, babban birnin lardin Mongala.
Mata bakwai, maza bakwai da yara uku ‘yan kasa da shekara biyar sun mutu.
An binne su a wannan rana saboda karancin wurin ajiye su a dakin ajiyar gawa na yankin, in ji jami’in Lisala Désiré Koyo.
Mutuwar ta biyo bayan mamakon ruwan sama da aka kwashe kwanaki ana yi. Shaidu sun ce gidaje da dama da ke bakin kogin sun nutse kuma mazauna yankin na kokawa wajen ceto mutane daga baraguzan ginin.
Gwamnan Mongala, César Limbaya, ya aika da ta’aziyya ga dukkan iyalan mamacin.
Ya ayyana kwanaki uku na zaman makoki tun daga ranar litinin, inda za a rika tashi da tutoci a tsakar dare.
BBC/ Ladan Nasidi.