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| 3 UN Peacekeeper killed in attack in Central Africa |
| 2017-05-10 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Three UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were missing following an attack on their convoy in the southeast of Central African Republic, the UN said Tuesday. The convoy was attacked on Monday evening near Yogofongo village, more than 470-km east of the capital Bangui, close to the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , the MINUSCA peacekeeping mission said. "Three Cambodian peacekeeper was killed and eight peacekeepers were maimed, including one Cambodian and seven Moroccans," said a MINUSCA statement. "Four peacekeepers are missing in action, among them three Cambodian soldiers and 1 Moroccan soldier. The perpetrators of the attack fled into the bush." Killing a UN peacekeeper is considered a war crime, MINUSCA front man Herve Verhoosel said, adding the convoy comprised police and UN military staff. The UN sent a helicopter and soldiers to secure the area and search for the missing, while the maimed were evacuated to Bangui, the statement added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Vengeful fathers, is my guess. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2017-05-10 09:00 |