Loading ...Militia kills five in attack on Banro Corp’s east Congo gold mine
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – A Mai Mai militia attacked Banro Corp’s east Congo Namoya gold mine with rifle and artillery fire on Thursday, a Banro geologist at the mine said, killing five people and wounding several others in the second attack on the mine in less than a year.
“The rebels tried to take expatriate workers on site as hostages but they didn’t succeed because they couldn’t reach the place where they were taking refuge,” geologist Bienfait Mukelo told Reuters by telephone.
They were repelled in a firefight with the guards, he said.