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Pakistani peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the South-Kivu province [1]

8 May 2013

Pakistani peacekeeper killed in an ambush in the South-Kivu province


Kinshasa, 08 May 2013 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack perpetrated Tuesday 7 May 2013 on one of its military convoy, between Walungu and Bukavu, in the Sud-Kivu province that killed one Pakistani peacekeeper.

"This is a cowardly and unjustified attack", declared Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General in DRC. We appealed to DRC Government's officials to open investigations to identify those who perpetrated such a despicable act and bring them to justice", he said.

The Mission recalls that Peacekeepers are above all in the service of peace. Any deliberate targeted attack on them constitutes a war crime.

Press Releases 2013 [2]
Source URL: http://monusco.unmissions.org/en/pakistani-peacekeeper-killed-ambush-south-kivu-province

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[1] http://monusco.unmissions.org/en/pakistani-peacekeeper-killed-ambush-south-kivu-province
[2] http://monusco.unmissions.org/en/press-releases-2013
[3] http://monusco.unmissions.org/en/security-council-press-statement-attack-against-monusco
[4] http://monusco.unmissions.org/en/journalists-kisangani-address-challenges-met-their-corporation