UN patrol monitoring a protest near the airport is fired on in the capital after a week of deadly battles. 
The shootings on Friday followed an attack on a UN convoy on Thursday that killed a Pakistani peacekeeper [AP]
An armed group fired at a United Nations police
patrol monitoring a protest near the airport in the capital of the
Central African Republic, wounding six constables, a UN peacekeeping
official has said.
The wounded were evacuated by the peacekeeping mission, known as
MINUSCA, a UN official said on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorised to speak publicly
The shootings on Friday followed an attack on a UN convoy in Bangui on Thursday that killed a Pakistani peacekeeper.
It was the first death of a peacekeeper since the UN took over
efforts to calm months of unprecedented violence between Christians and
Muslims from an African Union force in September. Another peacekeeper
was wounded and several others were slightly injured in that attack, all
from Pakistan or Bangladesh.
Earlier on Friday, the UN Security Council condemned Thursday's
attack on the convoy "in the strongest terms'' and underlined that
attacks targeting peacekeepers "may constitute a war crime''.
The Security Council also reiterated its resolve to impose sanctions
on individuals and groups involved in planning, directing, sponsoring,
or conducting attacks against the UN mission and other security forces.
They have called on Central African authorities to condemn the attack,
swiftly investigate, and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Central African Republic has been devastated by months of
violence that has killed at least 5,000 people and sent thousands of
Muslims fleeing the country.
The UN has called on all armed groups to immediately implement a July 23 ceasefire agreement.
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UN patrol monitoring a protest near the airport is fired on in the capital after a week of deadly battles.
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An armed group fired at a United Nations police
patrol monitoring a protest near the airport in the capital of the
Central African Republic, wounding six constables, a UN peacekeeping
official has said.
The wounded were evacuated by the peacekeeping mission, known as
MINUSCA, a UN official said on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorised to speak publicly
The shootings on Friday followed an attack on a UN convoy in Bangui on Thursday that killed a Pakistani peacekeeper.
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