BUNIA, Congo, March 2 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers killed at least 50 militiamen in a gunfight in northeastern Congo on Tuesday, five days after nine Bangladeshi U.N. troops were killed there, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Militia fighters opened fire on Pakistani peacekeepers hunting those responsible for attacks on civilians, wounding two of the U.N. soldiers and triggering a fierce gunbattle involving helicopter gunships, U.N. officials said.

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