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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Probing Alleged Killings by CAR Forces, Russia Paramilitaries

A UN armored personnel carrier patrols a road in Paoua, Central African Republic on December 5, 2021 (AFP/Barbara DEBOUT)

The United Nations said Friday that it is investigating the alleged killing of dozens of people in the Central African Republic last week by CAR forces and mercenaries of the Russian private military company Wagner.

More than 30 civilians were reportedly killed, some by stray bullets, in the January 16-17 operation near the town of Bria that targeted the Union for Peace rebel group, according to UN officials speaking anonymously.

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