At least 10 people have been killed in northwest Central African Republic in an attack blamed by security sources on the mainly Muslim Seleka militia and armed Fulani herdsmen.
"At least 10 people died and several others were hurt by armed Fulanis and members of the former Seleka during an attack in the Ngaoundaye region in the northwest," an officer from the gendarmerie security force told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The attack, which was confirmed by local officials, was the worst violence since the March election of President Faustin-Archange Touadera, a key step towards reconciliation after years of sectarian trouble.
The chronically unstable nation, one of the world's poorest, was plunged into chaos by the March 2013 ousting of long-serving president Francois Bozize, a Christian, by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel alliance.
The coup sparked revenge attacks involving Muslim forces and Christian vigilante groups known as "anti-balaka" (anti-machete) militias.
Thousands were slaughtered in the spiral of atrocities that drove about a tenth of the population of 4.8 million to flee their homes.
Fears of a bloodbath led to a military intervention by former colonial power France and the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force.
