A Moroccan peacekeeper was killed on Sunday in southeastern Bangassou, Central Africa. «A MINUSCA (peacekeeping mission) military convoy was targeted by anti-Balaka», the UN said in a statement published on its official website. During the attack, a Moroccan peacekeeper died and three others were wounded. The ambush «took place while the Moroccan peacekeepers were escorting water tankers to the river to help resupply the village», the MINUSCA said on Sunday sending «condolences to the family, the people and the government of Morocco». On the 13th of May, two Moroccan peacekeepers were killed in an anti-Balaka attack in Bangassou. On the 8th of the same month two other Moroccan peacekeepers were killed when a MINUSCA convoy was attacked in eastern Bangui. In January, two other peacekeepers from Morocco died in a armed attack.
