Rwanda says it killed Congolese soldier, detained two more
PHOTO CAPTION: Representational photo — Rwandan soldiers wait in line at the Kigali airport to get on a C-17 Globemaster III, based out of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 19, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Tuesday it had killed a soldier from Democratic Republic of Congo and captured two others on its territory in the latest friction on their border.
The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) said in a statement the Congolese soldiers crossed at Rubavu town, with one shot dead when he fired at a patrol and the other two arrested.
The soldiers had an AK-47 gun, four magazines with 105 rounds, a protective vest and sachets of cannabis, the RDF said.
Congolese military spokesperson Sylvain Ekenge said he was unaware of the incident.
Kinshasa has long accused Kigali of backing M23 rebels, led by members of the Tutsi ethnic group, in eastern Congo, who last year launched a fresh offensive in an area near Uganda, forcing more than 1 million people to flee.
(Reporting by Philbert Girinema and Sonia Rolley; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
