Posted to the web 9 October 2008 Kennedy Ndahiro Kigali Troops loyal to Congolese Gen. Laurent Nkunda's Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) Wednesday morning overran the important military camp of Rumangabo causing heavy damage in both men and material. Reports reaching The New Times from the eastern Congolese town of Goma speak of panic spreading in the town on reports that the region's most important military barracks had been captured by the rebels. An estimated 100 government troops allegedly died in the attack and tonnes of military hardware have fallen into the rebels' hands, including four Katyusha rocket launchers, an assortment of anti aircraft guns, mortar launchers and vehicles. Our source said that commanders of the government soldiers (FARDC) locked up in an emergency meeting midmorning following...
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