Eleven civilians were killed by rebels in eastern Central African Republic (CAR), where government forces are battling armed groups, a senior official said on Wednesday.
The attack occurred on Tuesday near Bambari, the CAR's fourth-biggest city, when three cars came under fire, leaving a"toll of 11 dead and six wounded," said Saturnin Nicaise Grepandet, the area's deputy prefect.
The coup triggered a bloodbath with the so-called"anti-Balaka," a force drawn mainly from the Christian and animist communities. In Bambari, a city lying 380 kilometres east of the capital Bangui, rebels from the Union for Peace in Central Africa , one of the biggest armed groups in the region, recently killed two government troops.A coalition of six rebel groups last December advanced on Bangui in the runup to presidential elections, but were thwarted after Russia and Rwanda rushed military support for Touadera.
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