A Kenyan peacekeeper has been killed in the Central Africa Republic.
The peacekeeper was killed on Friday by unknown assailants following an ambush by an armed group in Haut-Mbomou. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in a statement confirmed the death saying the attack targeted a UN convoy on patrol near the village of Tabane, 24 km northwest of Zemio.
While condemining the attack, Valentine Rugwabiza, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of MINUSCA expressed her dismay saying a rapid intervention team has since been deployed to the site to secure the area. "A Kenyan peacekeeper was killed in this extremely violent attack perpetrated by unidentified armed elements.
I am extremely shocked by this heinous attack on peacekeepers whose mission is to protect civilians," Rugwabiza said.
