FBIS3-271
"drafr043_d_94005"
FBIS-AFR-94-043
Document Type:Daily Report
4 Mar 1994
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola
UNITA Radio Reports Mercenary Attack in Bengo
MB0403060194 Jamba Voz da Resistencia do Galo Negro in
Portuguese 1200 GMT 3 Mar 94
MB0403060194
Jamba Voz da Resistencia do Galo Negro
Language: Portuguese
Article Type:BFN
[Text] Eduardo dos Santos continues to display his
murderous wrath against innocent civilians in Bengo Province.
On 1 and 2 March, Cuban, South African, and Katanguese
mercenaries, in the service of the Futungo de Belas Palace, once
again shelled civilians, using long- and medium-range
self-propelled artillery. The mercenaries shelled the villages
of Catota and Batuqueiro, on the outskirts of Nambuangongo,
causing heavy casualties.
Kandimba Kavava, health director in the region, told our
correspondent Octavio Mulangui that 13 civilians, including
children, women and old people, were killed in the attack, while
about 48 civilians were seriously wounded.
What is more, the mercenaries destroyed the local hospital
and 12 civilian houses. The wounded have been admitted to
Nambuangongo Central Hospital where they are receiving medical
assistance. More than one-third of them have been seriously
wounded by Soviet BM-21 rockets.