Nine Chinese were killed at a mine site in the Central African Republic, a civil war, in an attack condemned by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who called on Monday March 20. “severe punishment” Criminals.
Commune mayor Abel Machipada said the attack happened around 5 a.m. Sunday in Bambari, in the center of the country. “We have nine bodies and two wounded”, he noted. He said the victims were Chinese workers at the mining site “The Gold Coast Group Company”It is located 25 km from the locality and is attacked “Armed Men”.
China confirmed the figure on Monday “Two seriously injured”, but without providing further details about the circumstances of the attack, which has not yet been claimed. Xi Jinping “All necessary efforts have been called upon to treat the injured.” as well as “Murderers should be punished strictly according to law”China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“With the exception of the capital Bangui, the security risk level in the rest of the Central African Republic is red, meaning very high.”The ministry recalled, inviting Chinese citizens “To be evicted as soon as possible” Dangerous areas.
“Despicable and Savage”
The bodies of the victims of the attack were transferred to the Amity Hospital in Bangui, where Chinese Ambassador Li Qinfeng and Central African Foreign Minister Sylvie Baibo Demon visited, noted a journalist from Agence France-Presse.
The Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), a coalition of rebel groups formed to oust the president in December 2020, denied any involvement in Sunday’s attack. She condemned an action “Disgusting and barbaric”Accused « Russian mercenaries [de l’organisme paramilitaire] Wagner » Must have origin.
The Central African Republic, the world’s second-least developed country according to the United Nations (UN), has been the scene of a civil war since 2013, the most deadly in its early years, but decreasing in intensity since 2018. At the end of 2020, the most powerful of the many armed groups that shared two-thirds of the territory launched an offensive on Bangui shortly before the election, and Mr. Tutera called on Moscow to rescue his impoverished army.
Hundreds of Russian paramilitary soldiers have joined the existing few hundred since 2018. This made it possible to hold off the insurgents for a few months and then drive them out of large parts of the areas and cities they controlled. , but unable to re-establish everywhere permanently the presence and authority of the Central African state.
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