Rebel ambush kills 7 soldiers in eastern DR Congo: monitor
BENI (DR Congo), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven Congolese soldiers were killed in an ambush Tuesday in the Virunga national park famous for its mountain gorillas, monitors said, blaming the attack on the notorious ADF militia.
Army spokesman Antony Mualushayi confirmed the report by the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) but declined to give a death toll or comment further.
The attack took place in Virunga, east of Kididiwe in the Beni area of North Kivu province in the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the border with Uganda.