One prisoner was killed and four others injured when a United Nations
peacekeeping sentinel opened fire during an attempted escape by militia
members from a makeshift jail in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) late last week, the UN mission in the country said today.
The 15 prisoners were seized Thursday in Datule village and because
there was no more space in Ndromo prison they were placed in an office which
some of the military peacekeepers used for sleeping, the UN Organization
Mission in the DRC (MONUC) said in Bunia.
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