{"id":9492,"date":"2014-03-28T16:17:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=9492"},"modified":"2014-03-28T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T16:17:15","slug":"central-african-republic-bangui-grenade-attack-kills-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=9492","title":{"rendered":"Central African Republic: Bangui grenade attack &#8216;kills 20&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9494\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9494\" alt=\"African Union peacekeepers have been deployed in CAR in an effort to stem the violence\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AU.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AU.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AU-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African Union peacekeepers have been deployed in CAR in an effort to stem the violence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A grenade attack on a funeral in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, kills 20 people, a government minister says.<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened at around 23:00 on Thursday (22:00 GMT), Public Security Minister Denis Wangao Kizimale was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven people were injured in the attack, he told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The country has been hit by civil conflict since a rebel group deposed the president in March 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kizimale told national radio that the attackers were &#8220;extremists well known to the police&#8221;, according to AFP. Reports from Bangui say that Muslims are being blamed. No group has said it carried out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has taken on an increasingly sectarian nature, with UN human rights chief Navi Pillay warning last week that hatred between Christians and Muslims in CAR had reached a &#8220;terrifying level&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The mainly Muslim rebel Seleka movement deposed President Francois Bozize in March 2013 and installed their leader Michel Djotodia as president.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels were accused of targeting Christians and in January Mr Djotodia was in turn forced to step down amid criticism he had not done enough to stem sectarian violence<\/p>\n<p>Attacks on Muslims have now become a major element of the conflict, with thousands of Muslims fleeing their homes and even the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grenade attack on a funeral in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, kills 20 people, a government minister says. The attack happened at around 23:00 on Thursday (22:00 GMT), Public Security Minister Denis Wangao Kizimale was quoted as saying. Eleven people were injured in the attack, he told AFP news agency. The country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":9495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-9492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}