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Ten motorcycle cab drivers were killed on the night of Monday November 25 to Tuesday November 26 near Bria, 450 km northeast of Bangui, in the Central African Republic.
They were ambushed by armed men believed to be members of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), according to reports.
According to Thierry-Evariste Binguinendji, Prefect of Haute Kotto, the motorcycle cab drivers were returning from a religious mission in Ippy, a town 90 km west of Bria in the Central African Republic.
“There was a religious meeting taking place here in Bria. These motorcycle cabs towed those from Ippy to bring them back, so they actually went to drop them off in Ippy. It was on the way back that, in the village of Djamangoundji, the Bria boys fell into the hands of the thugs,” he explains.
“The motorcycle cabs were killed, all the motorcycles were burnt and four passengers were also murdered. So all in all, there were ten deaths reported to us.The FACA and allied forces have gone there, they’re on the ground and we say they’ve arrived on the scene and they’re deployed in pursuit of these thugs”, he added.
While the bodies of the victims were buried on Tuesday morning, motorcycle cab drivers temporarily suspended their activities to express their discontent.
Three days of mourning were declared by local authorities throughout the prefecture.
