A UN peacekeeping mission base in Congo has repelled an attack by insurgents of the Allied Democratic Forces, according to radio station Okapi, which is linked to peacekeepers.

The UN spokesperson has reported that fourteen UN peacekeepers had been killed and more than forty wounded in the attack on the peacekeeper’s base in the North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq said that the deadly attack also claimed lives of at least five Congolese soldiers.

Under-Secretary-General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix wrote on Twitter that he was “outraged” by the attack.

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