The journalist who worked for the public broadcaster the Congolese National Radio and Television (RTNC) was killed in the Bunyangula neighbourhood about 70 Km from Goma Town, in Rutshuru territory of North Kivu Province,by unidentified attackers who slit his throat.

According to local reports, 26-year-old had earlier received a call from someone asking to meet him and was killed after reaching the venue”. The killers took away his mobile phone. Heritier Magayane was the popular host of a youth programme which consistently called on the youth to embrace peace, in a region that has become so volatile with numerous armed groups.