UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Monday condemned an attack against peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) which killed one Tanzanian peacekeeper and injured seven others.
The Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the attack on June 3 by armed elements against a patrol of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the village of Dilapoko in the west of the Central African Republic."
The members of the Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of the peacekeeper killed, and to those injured, as well as to Tanzania and to MINUSCA.
They wished the injured a speedy recovery and "condemned in the strongest terms all attacks, provocations and incitement to violence against MINUSCA by armed groups and other perpetrators."
Attacks against peacekeepers "may constitute war crimes and reminded all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law," they reiterated.
In its statement, the Security Council also called on the government of the Central African Republic to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.
MINUSCA has 12,000 troops and police deployed in the impoverished country, which has been struggling since it plunged into bloodshed after the 2013 overthrow of longtime leader Francois Bozize.
