Fire at Japanese Embassy

Fire at Japanese Embassy

KINSHASA, Congo - Photo shows the building housing the Japanese Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 19, 2013, about five months after the diplomatic office located on the third and fourth floors of the building was partially destroyed by fire on June 20. Soot is still seen on its outer wall. A diplomat who worked for the embassy was arrested on Dec. 2 on suspicion of setting a fire at the embassy office to destroy evidence of his fund embezzlement, police said.

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