Kisangani hospital hit - report

Rome - A bomb hit a hospital in Kisangani, the Congolese city at the centre of fighting between Ugandan and Rwandan troops, the…

Rome - A bomb hit a hospital in Kisangani, the Congolese city at the centre of fighting between Ugandan and Rwandan troops, the Italian missionary news agency MISNA said quoting sources there.

MISNA said in a two-line statement the number of victims was not known. It did not specify which hospital had been hit and gave no further details. The report could not be immediately confirmed by a Reuters correspondent in Kisangani.

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