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  Congo plane crash kills fourteen, including two senior military officials, This
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  article is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Kinshasa
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  Congo, the AP At least fourteen people, including two senior military officials,
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  have died in a plane crash in Congo, the military said Friday.
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  The
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  two O senior military officials are Lieutenant General Mutumbo Katalai Tiende, head
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  of the military, court, and Lieutenant General Bakumi Likulia, Auditor General of
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  the Armed Forces. In addition to the two general officers, twelve members
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  of the delegation and the crew members also lost their lives in
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  this accident. Major General Aphomei Akench, spokesperson of the Congolese military, said.
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  In a statement. The plane was returning to the capital city, Kinshasa,
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  from southwestern Kikwit, when it developed a technical fault and crashed in
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  Kenj, where everyone on board died, according to local officials. An investigation
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  has been opened to determine the cause of the accident, Akenji said.
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  Tryphon Kinki Mulumba, chairman of the board of the Civil Aviation Authority,
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  said the cause of the crash is unknown. The Congolese military has
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  been battling scores of rebel groups, including the Rwanda backed M twenty
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  three rebel group in the eastern region since last year, after a
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  blitz of attacks that led to the rebel group seizing key cities.
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