Three DR Congo guards shot dead while protecting elephants

[WorldNews]

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Two Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers and a wildlife conservation guard have been shot dead in Garamba National Park while attempting to protect elephants from poachers, the park's management said Friday. The three men died Thursday "when they were ambushed by a group of heavily-armed poachers, believed to be South Sudanese," the African Parks NGO said in a statement. "The three men sustained multiple bullet wounds and died instantly," added African Parks which runs the national park along with the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature.

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