Sherman Oaks, CA– A local Islamic extremist group have killed 15 U.N. soldiers during a four hour attack on Thursday night in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At least 50 other U.N. officials were wounded. Congolese army troops attempted to come to their aid but were also ambushed and at least five soldiers were killed.
This is the deadliest attack suffered by the U.N. in a single day since 1993 when 26 Pakistani officials were killed in Somalia.
It reportedly happened in an eastern province that borders Rwanda and Uganda called North Kivu.
The U.N. is blaming the attack on an Islamic extremist group called the Allied Democratic Forces. They’ve been active in launching deadly attacks in recent months according to the guardian.
In October 26 people were killed in an attack suspected to have been carried out by the same extremist group.
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