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UN Chief Slams Killing of Two UN Chinese Peacekeepers in South Sudan Fighting

2016-07-12 08:50:45       source:Xinhua News Agency

July 12, 2016

 

"UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the killing of two Chinese peacekeepers in renewed fighting between South Sudan's rival army factions in capital Juba.

 

'I condemn the killing of two Chinese peacekeepers and one UN national staff,' the secretary-general told reporters here. 'Let me start by expressing my deep condolences to the families and loved ones of all those who have been killed in the fighting that has consumed Juba over the past four days.'

 

'Many people have been killed in heavy fighting. There are growing fears that many more could die in another round of violence,' Ban said."

 

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