(Federico Scoppa/AFP/Getty Images)At least 14 United Nations peacekeepers were killed and dozens wounded in eastern Congo in one of the deadliest attacks on the international forces in years, U.N. officials reported Friday. “This is the worst attack on U.N. peacekeepers in the organization’s recent history,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement. U.N. officials said 53 peacekeepers also were wounded in the attack, and at least five members of Congo’s military were killed. Analysts say there are from 30 to 60 armed groups in eastern Congo. More than 300 U.N. personnel have been killed in Congo since 2001, according to U.N. records.

Source: Washington Post December 08, 2017 15:33 UTC