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Mayi-Mayi attack Butembo airport

    NAIROBI
    Mayi-Mayi fighters early on Tuesday attacked Butembo in northeastern DRC and briefly occupied the airport, RCD-ML leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba told IRIN on Wednesday. He said about 30 assailants were killed and a number wounded, while a further 20 escaped following the attack which lasted 10 minutes. According to Wamba, the DRC government promised the assailants US $10,000 each if they captured the airport, after which President Kabila would send reinforcements. “But how can people control an airport with machetes?” Wamba said. “These people are so hungry they can fall for any lie and go ahead and lose their lives for no reason.”

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