4 Abducted Electoral Workers Are Rescued
From Times Wire Reports
Congolese troops rescued four electoral workers from their militia captors in a raid that set off a battle that killed about 40 militiamen and one soldier, officials said.
Mayi-Mayi fighters had kidnapped the officials Oct. 23 at Burondo in North Kivu province in northeastern Congo, and the army freed them late Sunday, a military spokesman said.
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