(Federico Scoppa/AFP/Getty Images)At least 15 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. In recent months, violence has spiked with clashes involving rebels and security forces as well as inter-communal fighting. More than 300 U.N. personnel have been killed in Congo since 2001, according to U.N. records.

Source: Washington Post December 08, 2017 16:07 UTC