(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Five UN peacekeepers were injured after their vehicle was ambushed by rebels, the UN mission in Congo said Tuesday.
The mission said in a statement issued today that two people on motorbikes attacked the U.N. vehicle with a grenade near the airport of Mavivi de Ben
The statement did not reveal the severity of the injuries to its personne
Chief of the UN mission in Congo Martin Cobler vowed in the statement to continue fighting terrorism in Cong
The UN has been working with the Congolese army to fight Uganda rebel groups since December 201
The rebels killed around 40 civillians in December. UN estimates the number of Uganda rebel fighters at 1,40
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