A Cameroonian peacekeeper was killed and five others were wounded in the Central African Republic following the detonation of an explosive device on Monday, according to the UN forces statement.
Report informs via foreign media that the peacekeeper, serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was killed at 11.30 a.m. local time (1030GMT) while on patrol 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of the town of Paoua in Lim-Pende prefecture, Anadolu Agency reported citing the UN forces statement.
"The patrol of the Cameroonian contingent was escorting a team from the International Organization for Migration. Five other peacekeepers were injured, two of them seriously, as a result of the explosion," the statement said.
