FAR drone strike kills five near Mijek

As the UN Security Council began its consideration of the Western Sahara issue, a Royal Armed Forces (FAR) drone aborted an operation carried out by Polisario elements near the locality of Mijek, east of the berm.

In his latest report on the situation in the region, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that armed incidents «reported to MINURSO by the parties are concentrated in the northern region, near Mahbas, and the southeastern region, near Mijek».

«The strike by the unmanned aircraft is said to have caused the death of at least five individuals who were in a vehicle», a source close to the matter told Yabiladi.

A Polisario media outlet provided a different version, claiming that the «people killed were gold miners of Mauritanian nationality, located in the liberated territories of the Sahrawi Republic».