{{One of the five officers of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces injured in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has died in South Africa while undergoing treatment.}}
Private Barnabas Munga died in Pretoria on Wednesday where he was being treated for injuries he sustained from an explosive device that was thrown at them in Goma, in the DRC.
On August 28, Munga and four others were injured while he and other soldiers were at their base when a grenade was thrown at them by unknown assailants, instantly killing Major Khatib Mshindo.
According to a statement by TPDF, Private Munga was part of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (Monusco). The number of Tanzanian soldiers killed while on duty has so far reached nine.
NMG
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