Bodies of 3 more Cambodian peacekeepers found in Africa

[geovalin]

A total of four Cambodian soldiers working with the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic have been killed and another was injured in Monday’s attack on the UN force in the volatile African country. Phal Samorn, the deputy director-general of the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, said he had received confirmed from Moroccan officers that another three Cambodian peacekeepers who went missing after the rebels attacked the UN mission in the Central African Republic on May 8 had been found dead. 
 

Their bodies were found about two kilometres from the location of the attack.   “All three bodies were discovered by a pastor who has a church nearby. Three bodies were in Bangassou awaiting transport by a UN helicopter to the city of Bangui today,” he said. “I don’t know when the bodies will arrive in Cambodia because that’s under the direction of the UN.” 
 

According to a press release from the Ministry of National Defence, the dead troops were First Lieutenant Im Som, who was born on October 10, 1980, and lived in Kompong Kdei village in Siem Reap province. He had a 13-year-old son and worked as a bulldozer driver. 
Warrant-officer Mom Total was born on April 7, 1986, and lived in Kbal Hong village in Pursat province, he was single and worked as an assistant excavator driver.   Capitan Mao Eng was born on April 5, 1980, lived in Sangkat Srah Chak, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, he had two sons and one daughter aged from 12 to 16 and worked as in the medical team. 

 

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[Farang hunter]

23 hours ago, geovalin said:

Cambodian soldiers working with the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission

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