South African Diplomat Shot and Injured by Congo Army

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A South African diplomat was “seriously” injured after she was shot at by soldiers while driving in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo today, according to the foreign ministry.
The vehicle of the diplomat, Maryse Ash, was fired upon by members of the Congolese Republican Guard after she took a wrong turn while leaving the vicinity of the Congolese president’s residence, according to an e-mailed statement from the South African embassy in Kinshasa.
Ash suffered “serious facial injuries from glass and shrapnel” and remains in hospital but is in a stable condition, the statement said.
The South African government is “conducting an investigation” into the shooting, Saul Kgomotso Molobi, a spokesman for the Department of International Relations & Cooperation, said in an interview on his mobile phone.
Ash will be flown back to South Africa later today for further treatment, Molobi added.