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Three killed in ambush

    JOHANNESBURG

    Three civilians were killed and five others were wounded when suspected UNITA rebels ambushed three vehicles near the country's second city of Huambo on 24 April, the Angop state news agency reported.

    It said the attack occurred in the Boas Aguas region, about 32 km east of Huambo. "The vehicles were damaged," it said. "It has been reported that large quantities of cooking oil, salt, dried fish and other products were stolen." Those wounded were hospitalised in Huambo.

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