CHINA-CONGO: 5 CHINESE WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN ATTACK ON GOLD MINE
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The Global Times (November 21) quoted the Chinese Embassy as reporting that five Chinese nationals have been kidnapped in an armed attack on a gold mine near the village of Mukera in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on November 21. The Chinese Embassy said that the security situation in Province de l'Ituri, Province du Nord Kivu and Province du Sud Kivu is very severe, and armed attacks involving Chinese people have occurred in these places many times. According to Sputnik News, a local police officer was killed and eight Chinese nationals were kidnapped in the armed attack on a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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