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Rebels attack Port Loko again

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    Some 500 Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels attacked Port Loko, northeast of Freetown, on Tuesday night with heavy mortars but were beaten back, the UN reported on Wednesday.

    One Nigerian UN soldier was killed during the attack, while at least six other Nigerian peacekeepers were wounded and flown to Freetown, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said. “The attack, which was a serious one, was repelled,” Eckhard said.

    Pro-government forces also repelled several rebel attacks on Port Loko on Friday. Two government soldiers were wounded but there were no details of rebel casualties, a government spokesman said.

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