Forces working for Vectus Global, a private security company founded by Erik Prince, an American businessman and the founder of the now-defunct private military company Blackwater, on Sept. 17 suffered a serious ambush in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaving approximately 20 people dead or wounded, Reuters reported on Oct. 11. Sources cited by Reuters suspected Rwandan military involvement in the attack, with one suggesting that the attackers may have tracked a surveillance drone to locate the team.