A murder-suicide event has rocked the South African National Defence Force SANDF camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). The deaths occur just two weeks after two other soldiers were killed by a bomb at the base, with three other injured.
In a statement the SANDF says that circumstances surrounding the deaths are still unknown.
TWO MORE DEATHS IN THE DRC
“The SANDF has convened a Board of Inquiry to work with the Monusco command to investigate the incident and the circumstances that led to it.”
The soldiers were deployed as part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). According to the SANDF, the soldier was shot and killed with a service weapon before the assailant turned it on himself.
The remains of both SANDF members will be returned to the country in due course.
SANDF FUNERALS
Meanwhile, Captain Simon Mkhulu Bobe and Lance Corporal Irven Thabang Semono were laid to rest on Saturday.
The soldiers lost their lives when a bomb landed on their military base.
The three other soldiers injured in the blast are recovering in hospital.
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