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IOM Condemns Attack on Relocation Convoy to North-Eastern Central African Republic
Carmen Munteanu - Communications Coordinator
30 April 2014
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on the relocation convoy in the North-Eastern Central African Republic (CAR). The grenade attack on 28 April on the humanitarian convoy in Dissikou left two people dead and seven people injured.
Following the repeated attacks on Muslim population and ethnic minorities, mostly comprising people relocated internally, the UN decided to urgently relocate the persons blocked in Bangui; thus on 27 April a convoy with 1259 civilians left Bangui’s PK12 neighbourhood to Kabo and Moyen with a UN-MISCA military escort. IOM supplied the necessary logistics and the convoy was accompanied by a medical doctor and a nurse.
"It was with shock that I learned about the attack on the convoy. This relocation is a humanitarian initiative for evacuation (...) and should be respected by all armed groups in CAR. I condemn this heinous and barbaric act and offer my profound condolences to the loved ones of those killed", said IOM Director General William Lacy Swing.
Over 20 people have died in attacks on the community in Bangui since January.
Source: IOM
Following the repeated attacks on Muslim population and ethnic minorities, mostly comprising people relocated internally, the UN decided to urgently relocate the persons blocked in Bangui; thus on 27 April a convoy with 1259 civilians left Bangui’s PK12 neighbourhood to Kabo and Moyen with a UN-MISCA military escort. IOM supplied the necessary logistics and the convoy was accompanied by a medical doctor and a nurse.
"It was with shock that I learned about the attack on the convoy. This relocation is a humanitarian initiative for evacuation (...) and should be respected by all armed groups in CAR. I condemn this heinous and barbaric act and offer my profound condolences to the loved ones of those killed", said IOM Director General William Lacy Swing.
Over 20 people have died in attacks on the community in Bangui since January.
Source: IOM
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