UN peacekeepers attacked in Central African Republic

Christian militia in the Central African Republic has attacked United Nations peacekeepers that were protecting a convoy of water trucks.

One Moroccan United Nations soldier was killed and three others injured. The attack took place in the southern diamond-mining town of Bangassou.

Christian militia has been attempting to seize a cathedral housing hundreds of displaced Muslims who are sheltering in the compound since a war of ethnic killings in May. The Red Cross said it found one hundred and fifteen bodies in the town after these attacks.