Wednesday, April 08, 2009

CHAD MANHUNT FOR FRENCH SOLDIER !

A manhunt has been launched for a French foreign legionnaire who, reports say, killed two comrades and a Togolese UN peacekeeper in eastern Chad.
European peacekeepers said the bodies of the two legionnaires and the Togolese soldier were found after shots were heard at their camp.
Captain Christophe Prazuck said the "deranged" man then fled the scene.
An unnamed local official was quoted as saying the fugitive soldier later shot and killed a Chadian civilian.
Both EU peacekeepers and Chadian authorities were involved in the search for the man near his base in the eastern town of Abeche, Capt Prazuck told the French news agency AFP.

French Defence Minister Herve Morin said the soldier had clearly been "seized by a fit of madness".
"He is being actively sought after by the French gendarmerie, Chadian authorities and the entirety of troops based in Abeche," said Mr Morin.
The three legionnaires were part of the 3,000-strong Eufor force that has for the past year helped to protect refugees from Darfur and those displaced by other conflicts in the region.
The Togolese was part of a 5,200-strong force of peacekeepers from the UN's Minurcat mission who are now charged with protecting the refugees.
The Eufor force had handed over operations in the central African desert state to the larger UN force last month.
Almost 500,000 people are living in camps in eastern Chad and the north-east of the Central African Republic.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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