|
Clashes in CAR leave at least 2 dead, 10 wounded
[PRESSTV] Fighting between gangs around the town of Batangafo in northern Central African Republic have left at least two dead and 10 maimed, aid workers said Monday.Seven of the maimed were admitted to a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Batangafo and three were sent to a facility in Kabo, Sandra Smiley, with MSF in the capital Bangui, said. UN sources said fighting broke out on October 24 between anti-Balaka militia -- a group that says it is defending Christians -- and another gang, the Patriotic Movement for Central Africa (MPC). At least two people died in the village of Saraghba, a few kilometers from Batangafo, but it was too dangerous to access the zone to get a complete toll, concurring sources said. Batangafo is one of many hotspots in the violence that has gripped CAR over the past four years. In September, the death of a worker employed by a humanitarian group plunged the town into violence, leaving a confirmed corpse count of six and 28,000 people without aid. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-31 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=500622 |