At least 30 killed in Central African Republic fighting
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KAGA BANDORO -- 30 people were killed and 57 others wounded during an attack on refugees by the largely Muslim Seleka militia in the north of Central African Republic on Wednesday, UN peacekeepers said on Thursday.
Avenging what they said was the recent murder of four young Muslims in the remote town of dirt roads and thatched mud huts, armed Seleka stabbed and hacked to death refugees who had fled previous violence in the region and set fire to buildings.
Central African Republic's UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA, which has a base in the town, repelled the Seleka, killing 12, it said in a statement on Thursday. The other 18 killed were civilians.
"MINUSCA expresses its strong indignation and strong condemnation of the resurgence," the UN mission said, calling the Seleka response "disproportionate."
