Militias kill four soldiers

Militiamen attacked an army camp in eastern Congo, killing four soldiers and kidnapping 10 in the latest violence to hit the lawless region, a United Nations spokeswoman said today.

Militiamen attacked an army camp in eastern Congo, killing four soldiers and kidnapping 10 in the latest violence to hit the lawless region, a United Nations spokeswoman said today.

Rwandan rebels and Congolese militiamen known as the Mayi Mayi launched the assault in Kiseguri, about 60 miles north of the eastern border town of Goma, UN spokeswoman Jacqueline Chenard said.

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