Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

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Johannesburg, Jan. 6, 2017 (dpa/NAN) A Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper has been killed in the Central African Republic, the UN mission to the country, said in a statement that was issued on Friday.

Peacekeepers on patrol were attacked by about 50 assailants in Bokayai near Bocaranga in the country’s north-west, according to the statement late Thursday.

“One peacekeeper from Bangladesh was fatally shot.

The peacekeepers responded to the attack,” the statement added.

The UN mission had earlier announced the deaths of two Moroccan peacekeepers when their convoy was attacked in the South-East on Tuesday.

CAR was plunged into more than two years of lawlessness after largely Muslim Seleka rebels overthrew Christian President Francois Bozize in March 2013. (dpa/NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole// Felix Nwadioha