Rabat - The remains of a Moroccan peacekeeper who was killed in an incident in the Central African Republic, has been identified and returned to Morocco on Thursday, announced The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
Rabat – The remains of a Moroccan peacekeeper who was killed in an incident in the Central African Republic, has been identified and returned to Morocco on Thursday, announced The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
The soldier was reported missing in action on Monday after the fierce attack. UN officials declared on Thursday that the missing soldier had been found dead.
“The Moroccan peacekeeper who had been reported missing has now been found dead,” said UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric.
A group of armed assailants ambushed the UN-MINUSCA convoy. The fatal attack left a group of Cambodians and two Moroccan peacekeepers dead.
FAR has also confirmed that nine other Moroccan soldiers were injured during this same attack. One of them remains in serious condition.
The attack is not the first time peacekeepers have been targeted in the Central African Republic. In January of this year, two Moroccan members of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) squad of the MINUSCA were killed during an armed attack near the town of Bria, located northeast of the capital, Bangui.
The MINUSCA, established in 2014 in response to the country’s ongoing civil war, currently has more than 12,000 troops deployed to protect civilians from becoming collateral damage in violence between Christian and Muslim sects.
