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Article: UN mission compound in eastern DRC under attack
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 9, 2003
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UN mission compound in eastern DRC under attack
UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Thousand of students and militia
stormed a United Nations mission compound in the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) and put it under siege late Friday, a UN
spokesman said.
A UN peacekeeping officer was slightly injured and some UN
property destroyed during the attack in the volatile town of Bunia,
spokesman Fred Eckhard told reporters.
The mob was first dispersed by UN troops, who fired warning shots
in the air, but it returned to lay siege to the mission soon after,
he said.
The spokesman said the mob was demanding a more robust response
for the protection of civilians in the ...