In March 2020, police dispersed several BDK members in Kinshasa for defying a ban on gatherings of more than 20 people imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Between 13 and 24 April 2020, about 20 sect members and police were killed in three separate clashes on a key highway in the Kongo Central province. Eight people were killed, 35 injured, and 168 arrested, including Ne Muanda Nsemi, on a police raid on 24 April. Nsemi, who is about 70, was taken to hospital with a head injury before being handed over to prosecutors. Eight officers were seriously injured in the raid.