GOMA, Congo – The United Nations says rebels have fired rockets at two vehicles carrying peacekeepers during heavy fighting in Congo.

U.N. spokesman Col. Samba Tall says some soldiers were slightly injured and both vehicles were damaged in the attack on Sunday.

Tall says the soldiers had been patrolling the area to protect displaced people who were headed toward the peacekeepers’ base in Kalengara. That is a few miles away from the east Congo army base seized by rebels early Sunday, causing thousands to flee.

Tall did not give the nationalities of the soldiers involved, but the area is patrolled by Indian troops.

Tall says fighting is continuing at a low level.

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