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27 Muslims killed in CAfrica village attack: UN

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AFP Geneva
Twenty-seven Muslims were killed in an attack by militias in a village in the west of the Central African Republic, the UN's human rights agency said today.

"According to information we have received, 27 Muslims were killed by self-defence militias, known as anti-Balaka, in the village of Bohong ... On Thursday," agency spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva, decrying "a vicious cycle of attacks and reprisals" in the country.

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First Published: Dec 13 2013 | 6:28 PM IST

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