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| Six dead in Congo attack |
| 2013-10-31 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Six people were killed Tuesday in festivities between military police and a group of separatist attackers at a munitions depot in the southwestern DR Congo city of Lubumbashi, officials said. "There were six deaths, three attackers and three soldiers," said the mayor of DR Congo's second largest city, Jean-Oscar Sanguza. The attack was led by "separatists from the Bakata-Katanga", a group fighting for the independence of Katanga province, according to an intelligence source. Five members of the rebel group had been locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by late afternoon on Tuesday, Sanguza said, with parts of the city shut off in an attempt to catch runaways. |
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