Violence erupted Saturday among political supporters who had gathered to greet the top opposition presidential candidate, who had planned to come to the airport in a car convoy.
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi make their way to Kinshasa Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Two people were killed in pre-vote clashes Saturday in Congo's capital before the critical Presidential poll Monday, Nov. 28 that observers say could re-ignite conflict in the vast central African nation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi (C) and his entourage are blocked by police outside N'Djili airport in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, November 26, 2011. Police in Congo blocked President Joseph Kabila's main rival Tshisekedi at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state's capital city. Two days before presidential and parliamentary elections, rival factions hurled rocks at each other and gunfire was heard across town.REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) supporter hurls a rock towards police at Ndjili airport in Kinshasa. One person died and police clashed with the main opposition candidate and his entourage on the final day of campaigning before Monday's elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (AFP Photo/Gwenn Dubourthoumieu)
Opposition UDPS members hold up a blood-splattered poster of leader Etienne Tshisekedi after the presidential guard opened fire on the crowd outside N'Djili airport in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa November 26, 2011. Police in Congo blocked President Joseph Kabila's main rival Tshisekedi at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state's capital city. Two days before presidential and parliamentary elections, rival factions hurled rocks at each other and gunfire was heard across town.REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi set tires on fire on the road leading to Kinshasa Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Two people were killed in pre-vote clashes Saturday in Congo's capital before the critical Presidential poll Monday, Nov. 28 that observers say could re-ignite conflict in the vast central African nation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A line of riot police advances against opposition UDPS supporters outside N'Djili airport in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa November 26, 2011. Police in Congo blocked President Joseph Kabila's main rival at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state's capital city. Two days before presidential and parliamentary elections, rival factions hurled rocks at each other and gunfire was heard across town.REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Riot police walk through a cloud of tear gas beneath a campaign poster for incumbent President Joseph Kabila outside N'Djili airport in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa November 26, 2011. Police in Congo blocked Kabila's main rival at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state's capital city. Two days before presidential and parliamentary elections, rival factions hurled rocks at each other and gunfire was heard across town.REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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