Very early in the morning, the shots were heard by several residents of the town of Bambari. But it was 25 kilometers away, in the village of Chingbolo, that the site of the Chinese company Gold Coast Group was targeted, when according to local sources, the company had just started its mining activities. 5 days ago.
A resident says. ” It was from 4am that we heard the detonations of weapons. It was the CPC rebels who attacked the Chinese who had come to exploit the mine. They looted the Chinese machines and their homes. The mayor of Bambari confirmed the attack. He also points the finger at the Coalition of Patriots for Change. “ Only the rebels can do this kind of operation. The Chinese were executed with a bullet to the head “said Abel Matchipata.
Police, gendarmes and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group went to the scene, according to local sources. The bodies of the victims were then transferred to Bambari and then, at the end of the day, to the Friendship Hospital in Bangui, where the Chinese ambassador and the Central African Minister of Foreign Affairs went.
La CPC « categorically denies » be behind the attack. The rebels denounce a despicable and barbaric act, planned and prepared by the Russian mercenaries Wagner and the Minister of Livestock “. The movement claims that the sponsors offered a $50,000 bounty to bandits to carry out this deadly assault, which it says was intended to “ scare the Chinese ».
