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Four killed in CAR protest against UN peacekeepers
[FRANCE24] Four non-combatants were killed and 14 other people injured in Central African Republic on Monday when UN peacekeepers exchanged fire with gunnies during a protest against the UN military presence, the United Nations...the Oyster Bay money pit... said. The festivities occurred as hundreds of protesters gathered to call for troops from the UN mission (MINUSCA) to leave the country. A Rooters witness saw protesters, carrying anti-UN posters, throwing stones and shouting at the troops who responded with warning shots. There was then an exchange of gunfire between the troops and gunnies near the crowd. "MINUSCA intervened in the early morning hours of Monday to dismantle barricades erected by the demonstrators," the mission said in a statement. "MINUSCA believes that Monday's events constitute a new attempt by enemies of peace to disturb the return to constitutional normality," it added, adding that five peacekeepers were among the injured. The statement did not offer further specifics on the casualties. But the president of the CAR Red Thingy, Antoine Mbao-Bogo, told REUTERS earlier that three protesters had been killed and six maimed by gunfire. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-25 |
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