Six UN peacekeepers held by Congo militia-sources

KINSHASA, May 29 (Reuters) Six Nepalese UN peacekeepers have been captured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by militia fighters who are demanding a ransom for their release, UN and Congolese sources said today.

The sources, who asked not be named, said the United Nations mission in Congo was in contact with the militia holding the Nepalese peacekeepers, who were seized during a UN military operation in violence-prone Ituri district yesterday.

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