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Namibian security forces have arrested 33 Angolans suspected of being agents of the rebel UNITA movement since the beginning of the year, Namibian Police Chief Inspector Moses Hawanga said on Thursday.
‘The Namibian’ reported that the arrests took place in a series of security “clean-up” operations in the Kavango region near the Angolan border where police claim more than 50 civilians have been killed in UNITA attacks. Those arrested had been trained by UNITA and came to Namibia at different intervals on reconnaissance missions, Hawanga said.
All the men, added the reports, had admitted that they were UNITA members and were out to collect information on the location of Namibian and Angolan armed forces along the border. Hawanga said some of the UNITA members led the Namibian security forces deep inside Angola where they discovered arms caches.
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