Pakistan Army Troops as part of UN peacekeepers repelled the terrorist attack in Kaga-Bandoro, killing 12 militants.

Pakistan Army Troops as part of UN peacekeepers repelled the terrorist attack in Kaga-Bandoro, killing 12 militants.

Pakistan Army Troops as part of UN peacekeepers repelled the terrorist attack in Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic on Friday killing 12 militants.

 

Source: The Express Tribune

BENGUAI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Fighters with the former Seleka rebel group attacked a northern town in Central African Republic and clashes left at least 30 dead and 57 wounded as United Nations peacekeepers confronted them.

Pakistani army repelled the attackers, killing at least 12 of them. The attack in Kaga-Bandoro was likely retaliation for the death on Tuesday of a suspected former Seleka member, the UN mission said in a statement.

But despite 12,000 UN peacekeepers and a few hundred remaining French troops, tensions are high and tens of thousands of people are still displaced and in need of aid.

Fighters from Central African Republic’s largely Muslim ‘Seleka’ militia attacked refugees in the country’s remote north on Wednesday, stabbing or hacking to death at least 10 people before Pakistani peacekeepers dispersed them.

Central African Republic descended into conflict in 2013 when the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels overthrew the Christian president Francois Bozize.

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That ushered in a brutal reign with many atrocities committed. When the rebel leader left power, a backlash by the Christian anti-Balaka militia against Muslim civilians followed.

Pope Francis visited the capital at the end of last year to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of hate.

"Eleven people were killed and about 10 others taken to hospital" after an unknown number of gunmen began shooting in the camp for internally displaced people in Ngakobo, 300-km northeast of the capital Bangui, a statement said. "Those responsible for these dreadful acts" have not been identified, the communique, in French, said.

MINUSCA, which has around 12,000 peacekeepers and police on the ground, "immediately took measures to reinforce its position around the displaced camp and to step up its patrols", it said.

On Wednesday, 30 people died and 57 others were wounded when fighters from a mainly-Muslim militia group attacked civilians and clashed with UN peacekeepers in the central town of Kaga Bandoro.

The fighters then attacked a camp for displaced people as well as NGO offices. UN troops from Burundi and Pakistan hit back to protect civilians, killing 12 of the assailants.