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- Marie-Célestin Karondwa, UDSP politician, died after attackers beat him and burned his Butembo home.
- He was assaulted on Sunday after a radio interview defending the government’s Ebola response.
- The UDSP called Karondwa an innocent victim.
- Granddaughter Sagesse Kavira said attackers beat him and set the house on fire.
- UN senior Ebola response official Julien Harneis condemned the blaze that destroyed the Kigonze centre sheltering 19,000 people.