Central African Republic leader denounces plot, peacekeepers kill two


  • World
  • Friday, 30 May 2014

BANGUI (Reuters) - The Central African Republic's interim president accused armed groups on Friday of seeking to destabilise her government, as two people were shot dead by Burundian peacekeepers in a second day of violent protests in Bangui.

Tensions have soared in the mostly Christian capital after Muslim gunmen attacked a church in its Fatima neighbourhood on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and abducting 27 others, according to U.N. officials.

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