SA Soldiers Stationed In DRC Killed In Murder-Suicide Tragedy
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The three SANDF members who died on Monday lost their lives after being caught in a crossfire between DRC army and M23 rebels in the heart of Goma region, where the conflict has claimed the lives
Four more SA National Defence Force SANDF soldiers have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, taking the death toll up to 13. The Department of Defence on Tuesday said a mortar bomb launched by the M23 rebels landed in the SANDF base on Monday, killing three soldiers.
The South African National Defence Force SANDF has lost nine soldiers in combat against M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC, and dozens injured. The South African Department of Defence in a statement on Saturday said the casualties came from two days of fierce fighting amid an M23 push to take Goma. quotThe
CAPE TOWN - The SA National Defence Force insists that 14 of its soldiers who recently died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo did not perish in active combat.
The 14 SANDF members killed in the DRC were reportedly being repatriated on Friday, 8 February, passing through Rwanda, which the South African government had initially opposed.
Minister Angie Motshekga visited Goma in the DRC prior to an attack on the SANDF army base that claimed the lives of SA soldiers. To date, 14 soldiers have been killed.
Three SA National Defence Force soldiers SANDF lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC on Monday after an exchange of bombs near the Goma Airport.
GOMA - 13 South African soldiers have now been confirmed killed in the DRC. Three soldiers were killed in a mortar attack by M23 rebels on Monday.
The bodies of 14 South African National Defence Force SANDF soldiers killed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC have arrived in South Africa after delays in repatriation, causing distress for their families. Their remains were first transported to a United Nations base in Uganda
RELATED Four More SA Soldiers Die In DRC 3 Caught In Crossfire, 1 Succumbs To Injuries, Death Toll Rises To 13 - The Bulrushes. However, the latest list of the South African soldiers killed in the DRC had 14 names, with another soldier having reportedly succumbed to wounds in hospital.
