Former UFC Fighter Reportedly Shot Multiple Times in Congo Ambush
The contractors were shot multiple times and waited hours for evacuation, according to reporting that has not independently confirmed Kennedy’s injuries.
- Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy was reportedly wounded during a September 17 ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that killed Former New Zealand Special Air Service soldier Justin Conaglen.
- Contractors were conducting an operation to protect mining revenues, combat smuggling, and collect taxes for the Congolese government, according to war correspondent Robert Young Pelton.
- Former Delta Force operator Brent Tucker discussed the incident Thursday on his Tier1 Podcast, noting Kennedy was medically evacuated to the United States after waiting hours for extraction.
- Neither the circumstances of the attack nor the extent of Kennedy's injuries have been independently confirmed, and the former UFC fighter did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday night.
- After 9/11 attacks, Kennedy enlisted in Army Special Forces and served part-time in the Maryland National Guard as of last year; he previously competed professionally in MMA, UFC, and Strikeforce.
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Former UFC fighter and US Special Forces veteran Tim Kennedy was ambushed and wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in September, according to Atlas News, an open-source intelligence (OSINT) publication. According to the project, Kennedy worked for structures linked to the founder of the US private army Blackwater.
A former New Zealand specialist was killed in the attack, and details have not yet been officially confirmed.
Former UFC Fighter Reportedly Shot Multiple Times in Congo Ambush
Former UFC fighter and U.S. Army Green Beret Tim Kennedy has reportedly been caught in a deadly incident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), sustaining multiple gunshot wounds alongside members of his three-man team. Multiple military sources online, along with MMA Weekly, reported that the ambush likely took place on September 17, when […]
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