Chad troops kill civilians in Central African Republic - residents


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014

Anti-balaka fighters from the town of Bossembele patrol in the Boeing district of Bangui, Central African Republic, February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Camille Lepage

BANGUI (Reuters) - Chadian peacekeepers shot dead three civilians in a Christian neighbourhood of the capital of Central African Republic on Monday, local residents said.

In another incident overnight, two Chadian peacekeepers were shot and killed and another wounded, said Elio Yao, a spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping force, MISCA.

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