DIKI (Central Africa), Aug. 1, 2023
From our Overseas Bureau
Reportedly, gunmen have shot dead 13 civilians in an attack on a remote village in troubled Central African Republic, local officials said tiday.
It is said around 20 rebels attacked Diki, near the Chadian border in the North-West of the country, according to regional prefect Jean Gilbert Gbangoudou. The village mayor, Ibrahim Senoussi, confirmed the death toll and said two people were also wounded.
The assault took place some 22 kilometres from an army-base in Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, although the soldiers were only alerted afterwards, local deputy Aline Aziza told the Press.
Rebels gathered the men of the village, saying they wanted to talk to them and then opened fire, Senoussi said. Women and children then fled into the bush.
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