BANGUI (Reuters) - French soldiers were cheered by residents on Saturday
as they began patrolling densely populated neighborhoods of Central
African Republic's capital, Bangui, which has been rocked by waves of
killings between Muslim and Christian communities.
Attacks on
civilians in Bangui continued for a third day, aid workers said. Groups
of heavily armed gunmen sped around its dusty streets after the expiry
of a 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) deadline for all forces, except foreign
peacekeepers and the presidential guard, to return to barracks.
France
is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony, where at least 400
people have died in three days of violence between the Seleka rebel
group that seized power in March and Christian self-defence militias,
which has spilled over into religious violence in the capital and
beyond.
Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch's emergency director,
said Seleka fighters burned houses in Bossangoa, about 300 km (190
miles) north of Bangui, after French jets flew overhead. They killed a
woman, leaving her body next to her crying baby, he said.
Central
African Republic has been gripped by chaos since Seleka toppled
President Francois Bozize and embarked on months of looting, rapes and
killings. Seleka's leader, Michel Djotodia, installed as CAR's interim
president, has lost control of his loose band of fighters.
The
U.N. Security Council authorised France on Thursday to use deadly force
to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. Paris sprang
into action after an attack on Bangui the same day by Christian militias
and gunmen loyal to Bozize that ignited the worst violence in a year of
crisis.
View gallerySeleka soldiers patrol on a road during fighting between …
Seleka soldiers patrol on a road during fighting between Muslim and Christian militias in Bangui Dec …
French
helicopters and warplanes flew low over the dilapidated riverside
capital on Saturday. Residents in the Combattants neighbourhood cheered
French soldiers as they patrolled on foot down narrow streets.
"If
they can get into the neighbourhoods, we might start seeing a reduction
in these crimes," said Amy Martin, head of the U.N. Officer for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA. "The level of atrocities and
the lack of humanity, the senseless killing, defies imagination."
REINFORCEMENTS
French
reinforcements crossed into western Central African Republic from
Cameroon on Saturday, while troops also moved northward from the capital
in a bid to quickly pacify the sparsely populated interior, army
spokesman Gilles Jarron said.
The troops reached Bossangoa shortly after nightfall.
The
force's strength reached 1,200 troops by midday on Saturday and
President Francois Hollande said 400 more were due by evening to cope
with the unexpected scale of the violence.
View galleryFrance's President Hollande greets Prime Minister …
France's President Francois Hollande (L) greets Prime Minister of the Central African Republic N …
"It's a number that will remain as long as necessary for this mission," Hollande told a news conference in Paris.
Hollande's office said the African Union force France is supporting would be increased to 6,000 men from 3,500.
"The
country for the first time in its history is heading towards a
religious war. We have to be very careful," Chadian President Idriss
Deby, whose country has provided hundreds of troops to the mission, said
after a meeting on the crisis.
About 10,000 Bangui residents
fled to the airport, where French forces are based, in search of safety.
Thousands more gathered at churches in town.
"Out-of-control
Seleka fighters have been shooting all over the neighbourhoods so people
cannot sleep," Topo Oubanguin, one of the displaced at the St. Jean de
Galabadjia church, said.
Even if French forces manage to improve security, Hollande indicated Djotodia may be a spent political force.
View gallerySeleka soldiers sit in a pick-up truck in Bangui
Seleka soldiers sit in a pick-up truck in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 6, 2013. REUTER …
"I
don't want to point fingers, but we cannot keep in place a president
who was not able to do anything, or even worse, who let things happen,"
he said on the France 24 TV channel.
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