Rwandan troops kill one person, halt lynching in Central African Republic
Sun Feb 9, 2014 1:16pm EST
By Media Coulibaly
BANGUI (Reuters) - Rwandan peacekeepers intervened on Sunday to halt a
lynching of Muslims, shooting dead one member of a crowd that had
killed two Muslims in the capital of Central African Republic, a
Rwandan military spokesman said.
Residents reported at least nine people killed in inter-religious
violence at the weekend.
It was the third daylight lynching reported this week in Bangui as
violence rages between the Christian majority and Muslims accused of
links to Seleka, a former rebel grouping that seized power last year
and ruled until January.
The presence of 1,600 French soldiers and 5,000 African Union troops
has failed to stop the violence, which the United Nations says has
killed more than 2,000 people and displaced nearly a quarter of the
country's 4.5 million people.
A spokesman for Rwanda's military, which is taking part in the AU
mission, said its soldiers fired warning shots at a Christian crowd in
the Miskine neighborhood of north Bangui.
"A mob of Christians killed two Muslims. They were in the process of
killing other Muslims so our troops responded by firing warning
shots," Brigadier General Joseph Nzabamwita said. "One among the mob
was unfortunately shot dead and we were able to protect the rest of
the Muslim community in the area."
Residents said the Muslims were attacked after one of them went on a
rampage with a gun and hand grenades, killing five people on Saturday
evening and a woman early on Sunday.
"This morning he shot at us again. That is why we attacked his house
and set it on fire," said one young man, who identified himself only
as Clinton.
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