Nearly 400 killed in last three days in CAR – France

Nearly 400 killed in last three days in CAR
– France
on december 08, 2013 at 1:01 pm in news
PARIS – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
said Sunday that nearly 400 people were killed in
the last three days in violence in the Central African
Republic capital Bangui, but that calm had returned.
“We have counted 394 dead in the last three days.
Calm has returned to Bangui even if there are still
some abuses here and there,” Fabius told France 3
television.
French troops poured into the impoverished
landlocked country on Saturday after President
Francois Hollande announced he was boosting a
UN-mandated French force to 1,600 soldiers.
“There are a certain number of operations under
way throughout the country, and operations to
disarm Seleka will begin,” Fabius said, referring to
the mostly Muslim rebel fighters who were behind a
coup in March.
“Our role is loud and clear, and it is first of all a
security role. The order has been given to disarm
and confine to quarters, we are doing this with the
Africans” from the 2,500-strong MISCA force,
Fabius said.
“The problem is that some (Seleka fighters) are
abandoning their fatigues to dress as civilians,
making it difficult.”(AFP)