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1st LD: UN chief slams killing of peacekeeper in Central African Republic

Xinhua, November 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the killing of a UN peacekeeper in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling for a "swift action to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice."

"The secretary-general condemns the killing today of a peacekeeper from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Batangafo, located 400 kilometers north of Bangui," capital of the CAR, said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesman.

Following an outbreak of violence between armed anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka elements at an internally displaced persons camp in Batangafo, ex-Seleka elements confronted MINUSCA troops at a nearby MINUSCA checkpoint.

During the incident, one peacekeeper went missing and was subsequently found dead. Endi