Angola border attack

Soldiers of Namibia's elite Special Field Force (SFF) shot and killed a commander of the Angolan rebel movement UNITA and captured another in a skirmish along the Angolan border, media reports said. According to 'The Namibian' the clash occurred some 270 km east of the Kavango regional capital Rundu on Tuesday when suspected UNITA rebels attacked an SFF base. "During the attack the rebels reportedly opened fire with RPG-7s and rained 60 millimetre mortars and automatic fire on the SFF bush encampment," the newspaper said quoting a police spokesman. In recent weeks, UNITA rebels have escalated attacks against both civilians and security forces along the Namibian border. The attacks intensified after the government allowed Angolan soldiers to use Namibian territory in an offensive against rebel strongholds in southern Angola.