2010-04-13 KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo army commandos rescued a Spanish doctor held by rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo, army spokesman Colonel Leon Kasonga told Reuters on Tuesday.
Mario Zarza Manresa was seized on April 1 while travelling down the Congo River on a boat that was overrun by rebels, who later attacked the capital of northern Equateur Province. During his captivity, the rebels shaved all of Manresa's body hair in the hope it would give them magic powers in battle, a Congolese government minister had said.
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