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UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Central African Republic
« on: August 26, 2018, 10:45:05 am »
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UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Central African Republic
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general says a peacekeeper from Burundi has been killed in an attack in the Central African Republic.

Stephane Dujarric says Thursday’s attack apparently was carried out by “anti-Balaka elements” — a reference to a mostly Christian force that has several times attacked U.N. peacekeepers who are trying to quell interreligious and intercommunal fighting in the country.

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