The investigation into the attempted assassination of Dmitry Syty, the head of the Russian House in the Central African Republic, is still ongoing, according to CAR Prime Minister Felix Moloua.

"The investigation is ongoing. Today we do not have any information, it is all still under investigation. We will wait for the conclusions and see," Moloua said.

The prime minister also expressed his relief that the head of the Russian House in CAR was on the mend. "When I saw him, I was glad, because his health is improving. I hope that such an act, which has never happened before in the CAR, will be condemned to the fullest extent of the law," Moloua added.
 
Syty was hospitalized in Bangui in December 2022 after an assassination attempt. According to police, the Russian diplomat received a bomb in a parcel, which exploded on a table in his office while he was going through his mail. Prior to the attack, Syty had received threats.

The police of the Central African Republic (CAR) consider the assassination attempt on the head of the Russian House in the CAR Dmitry Syty to be a terrorist attack, the country's police chief Bienvenu Zokoue told Sputnik last year.

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What happened?

Sytyii received a parcel bomb that exploded on a table in Syty's cabinet, Bangui's police told Sputnik.

"It seems that he started going through mail at the table, opened a parcel, began pulling what was in it, and the explosion occurred," the police said.
 
The police gave Sputnik photos from the blast site that showed there was a note at the crime scene with threats in French. Syty received threats prior to the attack, according to the police.