The death toll from clashes between ex-rebels of the
Seleka coalition and local self-defence groups in the Central African
Republic has climbed to nearly 50, a security official said Wednesday.
An earlier toll had put the number of those killed
in Tuesday’s violence in the country’s northwest at at least 30, with
dozens more injured.
“The latest toll of the clashes in Garga is nearly
50 dead, most of them people who were shot dead in cold blood in their
homes,” the official told AFP, referring to a small town about 200
kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital Bangui.
