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Summary
Congolese rebels took an Indian pilot hostage when they attacked an aircraft on a remote airstrip in a tin mining zone in the country's North Kivu province, army and mining officials said. Congolese army General Baigwa Dieudonne Amuli said Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels were to blame for the attack in Walikale. Pedro Kadogi, director of Goma Express, confirmed the incident and said the plane had been looted before it returned to Goma.
