The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) commander in Tongo Field, Kailondo Sama Banya, has asked that some of his soldiers wounded during recent air attacks be treated at the government hospital in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA) reported on Monday.
In a letter to Fillie Faboe, minister of state for the East, Banya also said that rebels at Tongo were ready to surrender and that they were talking to the frontline commanders to allow them to disarm. Eyewitnesses said there were more than 100 wounded rebels in and around Tongo who had reportedly been injured during the UN military operation to release peacekeepers in Kailahun in mid-July, SLENA reported.
In response to the letter, Faboe said that the people of Kenema were ready to receive the rebels on condition that they surrendered with their arms and ammunition, the state news agency said.
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