The worst violence to hit Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital in a year further deteriorated Monday as more than 500 inmates escaped from a prison and militia fighters looted the offices of international aid organisations, officials said.
The death toll from several days of clashes reached 42 including a teenage boy who was decapitated.
The unrest erupted as transitional President Catherine Samba-Panza was in New York at the United Nations UN General Assembly (UNGA), sparked by the death of a Muslim man whose body was left near a mosque.
Muslim militants then attacked a Christian neighbourhood with weekend clashes leaving several dozen people dead.
