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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese troops rescued four electoral workers from their militia captors in a raid that set off a battle that killed dozens of militiamen and one soldier, officials said Wednesday.
Mayi-Mayi fighters had kidnapped the officials Oct. 23 at Burondo in North Kivu province in northeastern Congo, and the army freed them late Sunday, military spokesman Jean-Willy Mutombo told The Associated Press.
"Some 40 Mayi-Mayi militiamen were killed by the army," Mutombo said. "One soldier was killed and three others injured."
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