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GOMA. — Nine Congolese soldiers were killed in an ambush by Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a military source said on Tuesday, over a month after the army launched a sweeping offensive against the militias.The attack by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) happened on Monday afternoon in eastern Masisi district of North Kivu, said Major General Leo Mushale, who commands forces in the northeast of the country.
Three officers were among the dead, including commander of Masisi district Colonel Raphael Bawili, Mushale said at a press conference in Goma, the capital of North Kivu. “The enemy was able to carry out this ambush because a number of Congolese continue to collaborate with them,” said the general.
“We have not yet eradicated the FDLR ; they are being neutralised by our forces and we ask the public not to collaborate with the enemy,” he added—AFP.
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