Central African Republic: Dozens of people killed in fresh attacks
Gunmen have killed at least 30 people in fresh attacks this week in the strife-torn Central African Republic, UN peacekeepers said.
Several dozen people were also wounded in the attacks on the central village of Yamale on Tuesday and Wednesday, UN force MINUSCA said on Thursday.
“A group of armed individuals related to the Fulani and former Seleka militia [according to local witnesses] attacked the town of Yamalé, near Bakala, leaving at least 30 dead and dozens injured. Assailants torched and looted homes,” the AFP news agency quoted an unnamed source from the UN mission as saying, adding that the toll was “still provisional”.
It warned that the death toll could rise, as the gunmen were reported to also have attacked neighbouring villages.