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fighter who fell off a truck was killed by anti-balaka fighters. The inhabitants of this town fled to take refuge in the bush. Lacking ammunition and outnumbered, security forces could not pursue the convoy, which was then able to stop in Damara to change the tires of some vehicles. After the brigade commander of the gendarmerie had alerted MINUSCA in Damara, one MINUSCA vehicle left the military base, but arrived at the scene only after the confrontation had taken place. Upon arrival at the halted convoy, the MINUSCA commander saw that many ex-Séléka fighters were wounded, but judged that an intervention would be too risky. The convoy was able to repair all but one of the vehicles and resumed its journey. The national gendarmerie seized the abandoned vehicle belonging to Gaye but armed anti-balaka fighters forced the gendarmes to hand over the vehicle the following day.
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were wounded. The ex-Séléka fighters were willing to hand over heavy weapons but wanted to keep some of their light weapons to defend themselves against anti-balaka. MINUSCA rejected the proposal and insisted on full disarmament. While negotiations were ongoing, the arrival of a MINUSCA helicopter spread panic among the ex-Séléka fighters who fled into the bush. MINUSCA was able to arrest 11 fighters and seize a significant amount of weapons and ammunition and all vehicles. According to minister of transport Théodore Jousso, two fighters were killed during this fight and four were injured including Hamed
Tidjani. Four wounded fighters were evacuated to Bangui hospital for medical assistance, and six were brought to the MINUSCA base in Sibut before being handed over to the national authorities. Three Burundian blue helmets were wounded during this operation.
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self-defense forces. On 3 September 2016 a clash between the self-defense group from
Nangayan village and fugitives resulted in the death of two villagers (including the village chief), and a third unidentified person, presumed ex-Séléka whose body was handed over to local authorities in Dékoa by MINUSCA. Later in the night from Saturday to Sunday, a unit of the Burundian MINUSCA battalion was attacked 5 km north of Dekoa by a column of ex-Séléka motorcycles trying to force their way south to pick up the escapees. MINUSCA soldiers returned fire. One of the attackers was killed and three motorcycles were seized. Two Burundian soldiers were seriously wounded during the fighting and have since received intense treatment at the MINUSCA clinic.
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Tidjani and also included fighters Faraz, Asso and Pakim. These individuals had convinced some ex-Séléka fighters who had been living in the BSS camp for three years and were frustrated with the lengthy disarmament, demobilization, repatriation and reintegration process, to join them to the “General
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illegal possession of weapons, crimes against the State security and rebellion, and all but one were put under precautionary detention in the
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to carry looted goods and to show them the way. Released hostages recognized Hissène as the fugitives’ leader and confirmed that many were carrying weapons. On 24 August it was reported that groups of six fighters from the convoy stopped in
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The convoy forced its way through and continued along the Sibut-DĂ©koa road. At the
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On 22 February 2018 the court interrogated two detainees, Moustapha
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In Sibut, MINUSCA received orders in time to block the convoy and disarm and arrest the ex-Séléka fighters. At 5 a.m. on 13 August, MINUSCA stopped the convoy 40 km south of Sibut in
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On the road into Damara, gendarmes who had been alerted by their colleagues from PK12 set up a barricade and called in FACA soldiers from Damara as well as local Anti-balaka soldiers. After less than an hour of exchange of fire, the convoy forced its passage through the barricade. One ex-Séléka
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in Ndélé. According to gendarmes and MINUSCA forces there were several women and children in the vehicles along with the fighters. All vehicles in the convoy were painted white, in order to resemble MINUSCA vehicles One vehicle had been stolen from the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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