Swiss authorities confirm a Swiss mineral prospector and his army escort were killed outside Bangui.
The Swiss national was said to be looking for mineral deposits in the region.
A Swiss national and a Central African soldier were killed on Thursday in an attack north of Bangui – the capital of the Central African Republic. According to military sources, the attackers were “as yet unidentified armed bandits”.
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