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Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded: Report
The attack killed a former New Zealand special forces soldier and wounded Tim Kennedy, marking Vectus Global’s first reported casualties in Congo.
- On September 17, former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter and Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy was wounded in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is receiving treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
- Kennedy was working for Vectus Global, a private military contractor owned by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, which provides security and revenue collection services to the Congolese army in South Kivu.
- The attack left about 20 people dead or wounded, including at least seven Congolese nationals and former New Zealand Special Air Service soldier Justin Conaglen, according to sources working with the government.
- Sources working with the government suggest Rwandan forces may have tracked a surveillance drone to the team's location to carry out the ambush, while the U.S. State Department declined to comment.
- The incident demonstrates Prince's expanded role in the ongoing conflict as a supporter of President Donald Trump, despite Trump administration-brokered agreements intended to curb fighting in the region.
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince's private security forces suffered a defeating ambiguity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving around 20 people dead or
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