Congo government says arrested 275 in anti-Kabila protests

By Aaron Ross and Tim Cocks KINSHASA (Reuters) - Security forces arrested 275 people and 21 died during protests demanding that President Joseph Kabila step down, police said on Wednesday, although counts by rights groups suggested a higher death toll. Earlier in the day sporadic gunfire echoed across the capital Kinshasa, and security forces repressed a protest in the southeastern mining hub of Lubumbashi, leaving 10 dead and 47 wounded in two days of clashes, King Kasongo, a lawyer and activis