Further reporting has clarified the operation in which
Tim Kennedy was wounded in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on September 17.
Accordingly MMA Weeklysources close to the Congolese government said
Ultimate Fighting Championship the middleweight and his co-contractors were assigned to a ground clean-up operation. Their work was linked to broader efforts to protect mining revenue, combat smuggling, and collect taxes for the government.
New report details Vectus Global’s Congo operation that left Tim Kennedy wounded and Justin Conaglen dead
Kennedy is said to have been part of a three-man contractor team along with former New Zealand Special Air Service member Justin Conaglen and an unidentified contractor. About 20 people were killed or wounded in South Kivu province, sources told Reuters.
Conaglen was killed, Kennedy and a third contractor were wounded. Kennedy reportedly suffered three gunshot wounds to the leg. At least seven Congolese nationals were among the dead, and a Congolese security source told Reuters the dead were likely to include villagers. The contractors reportedly worked for Vectus Global, a private security firm run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
A Vectus Global representative declined to comment to Reuters. The identities of the attackers and the exact circumstances of the ambush have not been officially confirmed.
