CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: ‘4 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic’, Associated Press, 10 May 2017; also see ‘Central African Republic: UN Mission condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers’, UN New Centre, 9 May 2017

A Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic ambushed a U.N. convoy, sparking a firefight and kidnappings that left four peacekeepers dead, eight injured and one missing, the United Nations said Tuesday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said eight fighters from the anti-Balaka rebel group were also killed in the battle Monday night. The U.N. peacekeeping mission said the remaining attackers fled into the bush. '4 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic', Associated Press, 10 May 2017; also see 'Central African Republic: UN Mission condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers', UN New Centre, 9 May 2017