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83 people dead in plane crash near Congo-Rwanda border, CNN reports

By Xinhua,

Kinshasa : Some 83 people were killed as a DC-9 plane crashed on Tuesday near the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and Rwanda, CNN reported.

The plane crashed in a residential neighborhood, Congolese officials were quoted as saying.

A earlier report put the number of casualties at 78.

Rescue teams were heading to the crash site.