Cambodian peacekeepers at a base in Lebanon pay their respects yesterday to Im Sam, a Cambodian peacekeeper with the mission to Central African Republic who was killed in a guerrilla attack on Monday night. Photo supplied
10 May, 2017 Erin Handley
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Three Cambodian peacekeepers missing in action have been found dead following a deadly guerrilla ambush in the Central African Republic, officials confirmed this morning.
The bodies of quality control assistant Seang Norin, 35, excavator driver assistant Mom Tola, 31, and medical staffer Mao Eng, 37, were located and handed over after a negotiation between a church group and the Anti-Balaka terrorist group, said Kosal Malinda, spokesperson for Cambodia’s National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC).
Their bodies were found two kilometres from the site where their compatriot, Im Sam, was killed in an attack on Monday night. Hun Sen, in a speech at Koh Pich commemorating Veteran's Day, confirmed the news of the deaths.
"We do not surrender to any terrorism and we do not surrender to any attack," Hun Sen said.
He added Cambodia could not step back from peacekeeping operations but would instead commit more troops to war-ravaged countries.
He said the three were likely captured in the ambush and killed later. Their bodies were handed over around 10pm Cambodian time last night – around 4pm in the CAR.
“We are waiting for a casualty report…the bodies will be taken to Bangui [the capital] later today,” Malinda said.
A UN press release confirmed a fourth peacekeeper – believed to be a Moroccan – was still missing in action.
During an exchange of fire near the village of Yogofongo, 20 kilometres from Bangassou, Sam and eight Anti-Balaka elements were killed on Monday night, with a number of people wounded on both sides.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSCA, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, extended his “deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family of the victims,” and expressed his “immense gratitude for the work and sacrifices of the peacekeepers in the Central African Republic".
This story is being updated as more information emerges.
1 comment:
Hun Sen is very stupid. He does not have ability to create, organized, develop, but he just bark, bark, and bark with words from his Vietnamese/Yuon masters. Hun Sen is low-live scum and cheap human.
The leaders and representatives from around the world know that Hun Sen is very stupid and disgusted. However, they just leave him alone and let him deal with his own problems. Cambodian Peace Keepers are not part of this Vietnamese puppet who works for his Vietnamese masters to exchange the power, military protection and wealth so that this Yuon/Vietnamese puppet can get away from his committed crimes against innocent Cambodian people and opposition leaders. Hun Sen have made his Vietnamese masters happy and smile. Hun Sen is still blind and does not see the dangers coming from his Vietnamese masters and illegal Yuon/Vietnamese immigrants in Cambodia. Hun Sen thinks that he can live in peaces and secure because of the illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Cambodia, his Vietnamese/Yuon secret agents/spies in his CPP regime and his Vietnamese masters in Hanoi.
Hun Sen does not think, but he barks loudly against his own people and oppositions.
Hun Sen will one day regret with what he has done and will meet the same faiths like Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and other dictators
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