BANGUI (Reuters) - Heavy arms fire and gunshots rang out across the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday as Christian militia forces attacked Muslim neighbourhoods, sending residents fleeing.
A spokesman for the 3,700-strong African Union peacekeeping force, MISCA, said the "anti-balaka" fighters had attacked the PK 5 and Fatima neighbourhoods, home to the city's minority Muslim population.
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