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GNS WRAP Fighting breaks out between rival factions

(8 Jun 2003) 1. UPC militia jeep with mounted machine gun drives along street 2. UPSOUND: gunfire 3. Civilians run along UN barbed wire fence in street 4. Congolese man closes barbed wire gap in UN compound fence next to UN armoured personnel carrier 5. UPSOUND: machine gun fire around UN compound 6. Journalists take cover in compound 7. Various of Hema UPC militia men in position on roadside as Lendu militia men fire in their direction 8. Line of armed UPC militia men walking down road 9. Militia men standing next to UPC vehicle with machine gun mount 10. Child soldier with UPC militia holding grenade 11. SOUNDBITE: (Kiswahili) Child Soldier, UPC militia: "Right now the fighting is very heavy, yes." 12. UN armoured personnel carrier stationed near UN compound 13. UPC vehicle laden with militia men drives past 14. Wide shot of Hema ethnic group's Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia walking down street 15. Mid shot of civilians hurrying along track 16. Wide shot of UN armoured personnel carrier stationed near UN compound 17. Wide UN vehicles approaching, half a kilometre away from MONUC compound 18. Mid shot of UN vehicles 19. Mid shot of barbed wire protected UN compound fence 20. UPSOUND: gunfire 21. UN peacekeeper's blue helmet on table 22. Various of journalists in compound - gunfire audible 23. Close up of Uruguayan peacekeeper keeping guard from window 24. Mid shot of UN humanitarian tent in compound 25. Bunia townspeople running to take cover STORYLINE: The Lendu ethnic militia group attacked Bunia, a town in the north eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in a bid to gain a foothold in the area before an international force deploys to stabilize the region. Hundreds of Lendu fighters using assault rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades launched dawn raids on positions held by the Union of Congolese Patriots, or UPC, an ethnic Hema faction that currently controls Bunia. A day earlier, an advance party of French troops arrived in the area to prepare the ground for the arrival of a thousand strong force intended to stabilize the region where thousands of people have been killed. Fighting began 6 kilometres south of Bunia, the capital of unstable Ituri province, before moving to the centre of town, forcing hundreds of frightened residents to flee their homes. A UN official, who did not want to be identified, said at least 2,000 Lendu fighters had moved into town, some of them child soldiers younger than 10. Hundreds of residents fled to the compound of the UN mission to Congo, or MONUC, as bullets whizzed overhead. The Rwandan-backed Hema and Ugandan-backed Lendu fighting escalated after a power vacuum was created when some 6,000 Ugandan troops pulled out of Ituri region in accordance with a peace deal with the Congolese government. Both Rwanda and Uganda polarised long running ethnic tensions between the two groups who for decades have clashed over land disputes. The presence of gold and other resources has also fuelled the fighting. There are some 750 MONUC troops from Uruguay deployed in Bunia whose mandate is to protect UN installations and personnel but not the local civilian population. They can only fire in self defence and have only been able to observe as the killing continues. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...