At least 13 people were burned alive in the Central African Republic at the weekend when they were rounded up by armed men and barricaded inside a home that was set alight, a police source said on Tuesday.
The attack was carried out by men believed linked to former rebels of the mainly Muslim Seleka group and the Peuls ethnic group in the region of Kaga Bandoro in the country’s centre.
“One resident who tried to escape through a window was riddled with bullets. All were burnt to death in the house fire. Many other residents, who had managed to flee, arrived horrified at Kaga Bandoro, where they took refuge in St Theresa cathedral”, source added.