Six civilians killed, several wounded in CAR rebel attack
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UN says casualties caused as 3R armed group launched ‘large-scale attack’ on army positions in a northeastern village.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) says six civilians were killed in a rebel attack in the country’s northeast. “This morning at dawn elements from the 3R (Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) launched a large-scale attack against Central African army positions in the village of Mann,” the spokesperson for the UN’s 12,000-strong MINUSCA mission was quoted as saying by AFP news agency on Saturday. Several civilians were also wounded in the attack, the spokesperson said.
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