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Angolan soldier captured

    JOHANNESBURG

    An armed Angolan soldier has been captured in Zambezi district in Zambia’s Northwestern Province after an exchange of fire with Zambian army personnel in which a Zambian soldier and two civilians were injured, ‘The Times of Zambia’ said on Monday.

    The soldier was named as Jeremas Evalisto, 24, of Luena district in Angola’s southern Moxico Province. Media reports said that he was part of a group of Angolan soldiers who entered Zambia with the intention of attacking the villagers in the Zambezi District but failed after they were confronted by Zambian defence forces patrolling the area.

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