KATHMANDU: A soldier of Nepali peacekeeping mission has been injured after being shot at in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Insurgents opened fire on a ‘Cordon and Search’ team during Operation Bali, that injured one of the peacekeepers.
According to the Nepali Army (NA), insurgents shot at a Nepali soldier on a peacekeeping mission in Congo.
NA Directorate of Public Relations and Information said a helicopter immediately rescued the injured to a UN hospital in Bunia, where he is undergoing treatment.
The rest of the troops are safe, the NA said.
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