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Between 200 and 400 armed attackers included besides UPC fighters local militia called "mujahedin" consisting of Alindao's Muslim youth. Around 12 Anti-balaka fighters armed with home-made firearms managed to resist the attack until they ran out of ammunition and were forces to withdraw by 10:00 hour allowing attackers to overrun the camp. [1]
On 13 January more than 100 people were killed by Anti-balaka in Bossemptélé massacre. [23] In 2014, the corpse of Camille Lepage, a missing French photojournalist, was found by French soldiers in a truck used by Anti-Balaka members. [24] On 24 June 100 Anti-balaka fighters attacked Bambari. 46 people were killed and 28 wounded. [25]
An internal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) started essentially on 13 April 2013, when the government of President Michel Djotodia officially took over. The fighting was between the government of the Central African Republic's former Séléka coalition of rebel groups, who are mainly from the Muslim minority, and the mainly Christian anti-balaka coalition.
In July 2014, ex-Séléka factions and Anti-balaka representatives signed a ceasefire agreement. [39] By the end of 2014, the country was de facto partitioned with the Anti-Balaka controlling the south and west, from which most Muslims had evacuated, and ex-Séléka groups controlling the north and east. [40]
On 6 May, Anti-balaka supported by security forces attacked PK5 district, but their attack was repelled. [20] On 20 May, it was reported that taxis will resume operation in PK5. [ 21 ] On 2 October, six people were killed (including three civilians and three militiamen) and 10 injured as a result of shootout between the "Force" and "Moussa ...
The three anti-balaka leaders said they had been sent by the government to drive out the UPC rebels and that they planned to stay there for a month. [1] On 7 December 2021, around 5 a.m., armed elements identified as UPC fighters tried to counterattack with firearms but were routed by the much more numerous Anti-balaka attackers.
[5] [6] Their original enemy was the rebel group Anti-balaka, from whom they captured the village of Bocaranga in 2017 before transferring it to the Central African Armed Forces in January 2019. [7] 3R began to escalate their operations later in 2019.
Abdoulaye Hissène, one of rebel leaders who managed to successfully escape Bangui. In the late evening of 12 August 2016, a convoy of seven vehicles (four pick-ups, two cars and his own company vehicle [2]), with 35 heavily armed men from the PK5 neighbourhood in Bangui's 3rd district and the BSS camp aboard, left Bangui.