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Bukavu airport targeted

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    Government forces, which on Wednesday bombed the eastern DRC town of Uvira, also dropped bombs on the Kahuzi Biega national park, near Bukavu, humanitarian sources told IRIN on Friday. They said the intended target was probably the airport, which is close to the park. No injuries were reported. The South Kivu governor Norbert Basengezi Kantintima has warned that any plane overflying the area after 1800 hours will be shot down, the BBC Kirundi service reported. He urged Burundi to remain vigilant “because the bombs being dropped on Uvira could next time be dropped on Burundi as the Kinshasa government recently warned”.

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