Kinshasa, February 02, 2024: A MONUSCO helicopter carrying out a medical evacuation came under fire from suspected M23 armed group elements near Karuba in Masisi territory in North Kivu. The attack wounded two United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, one of them seriously.
PR: MONUSCO denounces attack on helicopter which wounds two UN peacekeepers in North Kivu
- 02 February 2024
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