5 Nuns Reportedly Freed
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Rwandan rebels held two Roman Catholic nuns from Spain hostage for a second day Tuesday. Five other nuns, all Rwandans, reportedly were freed.
The Rwandan nuns were released Monday, hours after being taken captive by Hutu rebels who attacked a church-run health center in northwestern Rwanda, the private Rwanda News Agency quoted Rwandan military sources as saying. It offered no details.
The rebels, fighting the Tutsi-led government, continued to hold two Spanish nuns--a doctor and a nurse--to care for their wounded, Spanish Ambassador Luis Gomez de Aranda Guillen said. The nuns were ordered to accompany the rebels with medical equipment, he said.
The Rwandan army said the rebels attacked a church-run health center in Kivumu, about 60 miles northwest of Kigali.
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