Ban condemns murder: Pakistani peacekeeper killed in Congo

Martin Nesirky says the peacekeeper was killed during an attack by “unidentified assailants”.

UNITED NATIONS:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the killing of a Pakistani peacekeeper serving in the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).


A statement issued late Tuesday by the Secretary General’s Spokesman Martin Nesirky said the peacekeeper was killed during an attack by “unidentified assailants” on a UN military convoy in South Kivu province bordering with Rwanda and Burundi.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2013.
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