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UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo

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U.N. peacekeepers patrol past Congolese women walking to the market center in Masisi, northwest of Goma, October 4, 2013. [Reuters]

A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organization said.

The aircraft came under fire at around 3:00 pm (1200 GMT) during a flight to Goma, the provincial capital of Nord-Kivu province, where it was able to land, a spokesman told AFP.

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