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Writer Describes Katanga Rebel Capture by Katangese Troops
UPI correspondent Tim Knight reports being shot at seized and beaten by Katanga rebel soldiers in Kasenga. Maj. Hugo Munthe-Kaas and Swedes were also beaten. Knight was threatened with a bayonet and held for hours in a barn before release after negotiations. The rebels demanded a message to Elisabethville and warned against the ANC intervention.
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Comge
United Nations
Katambe
Moise Tshombe
United Press International
Tim Knight
Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
Kasenaa
Kvohetsvile
Chas
Hugo Munthemass
Norway
U.N
Bertil Wedin
Oll Andersson
Edvin Sonn
U.P.I
Roger Asnong
Asnong
Kayenga
ANC
Conglese National Army
Munthe-Kaas
Kasenga
Alexis Kashiba