- China’s foreign ministry says a team has been sent to the site to coordinate the attack response following president’s ‘important directive’
- Embassy advises Chinese nationals not to travel beyond the capital, Bangui, and says those still outside the city should leave immediately
President Xi Jinping has called for “severe punishment” for those behind an attack on a gold mine in the Central African Republic that left nine Chinese nationals dead and two others injured on Sunday, China’s foreign ministry said.
In a statement on Monday, the foreign ministry said it had dispatched a team to the Chimbolo mine run by the Gold Coast Group, a Chinese company, following Xi’s “important directive” that also called for the wounded to be rescued and treated.
“Our ambassador … has raised the incident with the Central African Republic side, urging them to act,” the statement said. “A working group from the embassy has rushed to the site to coordinate the response to the attack.”