Assailants killed at least three rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, an official said, near a national park which is home to half the global population of endangered mountain gorillas and the scene of frequent militia attacks.
One engineer was reported missing and three wounded in the attack, which took place as the vehicles of the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) left Kivandya village in North Kivu province, where dozens of armed militia groups are active.
"We don't know who the perpetrators are," said local administrator Alain Kiwewa, adding that the attackers took arms with them as they fled.
