UN / DRC ATTACK
02-Feb-2022
00:01:13
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), strongly condemned an attack yesterday evening by CODECO militia against a site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Savo, in the Ituri province, said a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / DRC ATTACK
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 1:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
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FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters exterior
02 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Farhan Haq on dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The head of our peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bintou Keita, strongly condemned an attack yesterday evening by CODECO militia against a site for internally displaced people in Savo, in the Ituri province. Our colleagues say that at least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in this attack, and another 36 were injured. The UN mission dispatched a patrol to the site upon receiving an alert about the attack. They also notified national security forces as well as its community alert network. UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with the assailants shortly after arriving on the scene and conducted joint operations with the Congolese army into the early morning, pushing the assailants out of the area and securing the IDP site to prevent further attacks. humanitarian partners are providing medical supplies. This area is home to 600,000 displaced people. Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that access by road is restricted due to insecurity and the delivery of humanitarian assistance is challenged.”
4.Wide shot, reporters, press room
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters exterior
02 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Farhan Haq on dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The head of our peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bintou Keita, strongly condemned an attack yesterday evening by CODECO militia against a site for internally displaced people in Savo, in the Ituri province. Our colleagues say that at least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in this attack, and another 36 were injured. The UN mission dispatched a patrol to the site upon receiving an alert about the attack. They also notified national security forces as well as its community alert network. UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with the assailants shortly after arriving on the scene and conducted joint operations with the Congolese army into the early morning, pushing the assailants out of the area and securing the IDP site to prevent further attacks. humanitarian partners are providing medical supplies. This area is home to 600,000 displaced people. Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that access by road is restricted due to insecurity and the delivery of humanitarian assistance is challenged.”
4.Wide shot, reporters, press room
STORYLINE
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), strongly condemned an attack yesterday evening by CODECO militia against a site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Savo, in the Ituri province, said a UN spokesperson.
Speaking to reporters in New York today (02 Feb), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said, “at least fifty people, including women and children, were killed in this attack, and another thirty-six were injured.”
The UN mission dispatched a patrol to the site upon receiving an alert about the attack and notified national security forces and its community alert network.
Haq said, “UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with the assailants shortly after arriving on the scene and conducted joint operations with the Congolese army into the early morning, pushing the assailants out of the area and securing the IDP site to prevent further attacks.”
He added that humanitarian partners are providing medical supplies, and “are telling us that access by road is restricted due to insecurity and the delivery of humanitarian assistance is challenged.”
Speaking to reporters in New York today (02 Feb), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said, “at least fifty people, including women and children, were killed in this attack, and another thirty-six were injured.”
The UN mission dispatched a patrol to the site upon receiving an alert about the attack and notified national security forces and its community alert network.
Haq said, “UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with the assailants shortly after arriving on the scene and conducted joint operations with the Congolese army into the early morning, pushing the assailants out of the area and securing the IDP site to prevent further attacks.”
He added that humanitarian partners are providing medical supplies, and “are telling us that access by road is restricted due to insecurity and the delivery of humanitarian assistance is challenged.”
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