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Congo says army clashed with Rwandan troops after incursion

Soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo exchanged fire on Wednesday with Rwandan troops who crossed the border and seized a Congolese soldier, a Congolese government spokesman said.

"Elements from the Rwandan army crossed the border not far from Kibumba around 0330 this morning and took a Congolese corporal, which provoked a reaction from our soldiers there who opened fire," Lambert Mende told Reuters.

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