The United Nations Secretary-General announced this Tuesday most death Three blue helmets in the Central African Republic after the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by an explosive device on Monday night.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, announced that the three dead came from Bangladesh and belonged to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic. “Unfortunately, we have received sad news from our peacekeeping colleagues in the Central African Republic. MINUSCA has informed us that three Bangladeshi peacekeepers have died, who were seriously injured when their vehicle collided overnight with an artifactual explosive,” Dujarric said at a news conference.
The fourth member of MINUSCA was seriously injured The UN learned that the wounded were receiving medical treatment in the city of Bouar, where they were evacuated. The incident occurred while troops were patrolling the Koui-Bohong axis, about five kilometers from the mission’s temporary base in Uham-Pendé province.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his “deepest condolences” to the families of the peacekeepers, the people of Bangladesh and the government. “Of course, we wish the injured peacekeepers a speedy and full recovery,” said his spokesman, Guterres.