Clashes In C. African Capital Leave At Least 30 Dead: Security Source
Umer Jamshaid Published December 27, 2019 | 01:40 AM
Bangui, Central African Republic, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Dec, 2019 ) :At least 30 people were killed in fighting between militiamen and traders in a restive district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a security source and an imam said Thursday.
"Thirty bodies have been brought to the mosque," said Awad Al Karim, the imam of the local Ali Babolo mosque in a district called PK5 that became a haven for many Bangui Muslims at the peak of the Christian-Muslim clashes.
A security official, who asked to remain anonymous, also put the number of dead at at least 30, without providing any further details.
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