BANGUI (Reuters) - Armed men in the capital of Central African Republic slit a person's throat and set fire to scores of homes, in a cycle of violence that could further delay elections and prevent a visit this month by Pope Francis.
Witnesses said hundreds of people fled their homes in Bangui on Monday after the weekend's attack by men from the mainly Muslim PK-5 neighbourhood in which more than a dozen people were also shot and wounded.
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