Two Moroccan United Nations peacekeepers deployed in Central African republic were killed and two others wounded by unknown attackers in the southeast region of the country, the U.N. mission in the country said.
The peacekeepers were escorting fuel trucks on Tuesday afternoon about 60 kilometers west of Obo town when they were ambushed, the mission said in a statement, adding that the assailants then fled into the bushes.
“No claim can justify individuals directing their grievances against peacekeepers whose presence on CAR soil is only aimed at helping the country emerge from the cycle of violence,” mission head Parfait Onanga-Anyanga said in the statement.
The C.A.R. descended into chaos in 2013 when the mainly Seleka rebels ousted the then-president Francois Bozize and seized power in the majority Christian nation.
The U.N. mission has 13,000 peacekeepers on the ground, but some civilians complain that it does not do enough to protect them against dozens of armed groups.
