UN says 18 killed in Central African 共和国 attack

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The 国際連合 peacekeeping 使節団 in Central African 共和国 says 18 非軍事のs are dead and 23 負傷させるd after an 武装した group opened 解雇する/砲火/射撃 during a funeral 儀式.

The 声明 on Tuesday says the gunmen with the Union for Peace 武装した group carried out the 夜通し attack on Friday in the central town of Ippy.

The peacekeeping 使節団 非難するs "this terrible 大虐殺" that occurred as a new 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of peace 会談 on Central African 共和国 began in Sudan.

Central African 共和国, one of the world's poorest nations, has 直面するd interreligious and intercommunal fighting since 2013. The 暴力/激しさ has 強めるd and spread in 最近の months.

The 13,500-strong U.N. peacekeeping 使節団 has struggled to 保護する 非軍事のs and 含む/封じ込める the fighting since its arrival in 2014.

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