BFF-46 Seven peacekeepers killed, 10 hurt in DR Congo fighting: UN

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Seven peacekeepers killed, 10 hurt in DR Congo fighting: UN

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Nov 15, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Seven peacekeepers were killed and 10 others were wounded during a joint military operation with troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo against rebels in the east of the country, a UN spokesman said Thursday.

Another UN peacekeeper is missing from the fighting near the city of Beni in North Kivu, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

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