Congo handed over two FARDC soldiers and the dead body shot in Rwanda.

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Two soldiers of the Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) who were arrested by Rwanda, as well as the body of one who was shot in Rwanda, were handed over to their country.

It is an action that happened on Thursday, January 18, 2024, two days later, they were arrested on Rwandan soil, On the 16th of January 2024, the leadership of the Rwandan Army had announced that three FARDC soldiers entered Rwanda through Isangano Village in Rukoko Cell in Rugerero Sector in Rubavu District.

Those soldiers had one gun, One of them was shot by the Rwandan army after he also shot at them, After this announcement by the RDF, the Congolese FARDC army also announced that the soldiers were indeed captured on Rwandan soil but that they were mistakenly found, saying that it asked the border control body in the EJVM region to follow them up so that they could be returned to their homeland.

On this Thursday, 18 Muatarama 2024, the Rwandan army handed over the body of the gunman and two captured soldiers to the Congolese, According to sources, after the FARDC received the body of this soldier, it was taken to the Camp Katindo military base in the city of Goma.