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CAR cannibal tells BBC: I ate man in revenge attack | CAR cannibal tells BBC: I ate man in revenge attack |
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A man who ate another man's flesh in the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the murder of family members. | A man who ate another man's flesh in the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the murder of family members. |
Ouandja Magloire, who calls himself "Mad Dog", was in a Christian mob who attacked a Muslim in the capital. | |
He said he had been "angry" because Muslims killed his pregnant wife, his-sister-in law and her baby. | He said he had been "angry" because Muslims killed his pregnant wife, his-sister-in law and her baby. |
Sectarian violence has been on the rise since rebels installed the country's first Muslim leader in March 2013. | |
Michel Djotodia stepped down as president on Friday after intense regional pressure. | |
About 20% of the country's 4.6 million people are said to have fled their homes, leading to warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. | |
However, correspondents say fighting appears to have eased in the capital, Bangui, after rival militiamen laid down their arms in a truce brokered by the French military. | |
'No-one intervened' | |
"Mad Dog" told the BBC's Paul Wood he had seen his victim sitting on a minibus and decided to follow him. | "Mad Dog" told the BBC's Paul Wood he had seen his victim sitting on a minibus and decided to follow him. |
More and more people joined him until he was at the head of a mob of some 20 youths, he said. | More and more people joined him until he was at the head of a mob of some 20 youths, he said. |
They forced the bus driver to stop and dragged the Muslim man out on the street, where he was beaten and stabbed before being set on fire. | They forced the bus driver to stop and dragged the Muslim man out on the street, where he was beaten and stabbed before being set on fire. |
Footage of the incident shows "Mad Dog" eating the man's leg, our correspondent says. | Footage of the incident shows "Mad Dog" eating the man's leg, our correspondent says. |
According to eyewitnesses, no-one tried to intervene. | According to eyewitnesses, no-one tried to intervene. |
Acts of cannibalism are rare in CAR, where sectarianism is a recent development, our correspondent says. | Acts of cannibalism are rare in CAR, where sectarianism is a recent development, our correspondent says. |
Mr Djotodia's Seleka rebels have been accused of targeting Christian civilians, leading to the creation of self-defence groups known as anti-balaka. | |
Those groups have in turn been accused of atrocities against members of the Muslim minority. | |
After Mr Djotodia's resignation, the transitional nation council has two weeks to choose a new president. | |
Hundreds of Christians soldiers who joined anti-balaka groups or deserted after the rebel takeover on Monday turned up for duty following an appeal from the chief of staff, reports the AFP news agency. | |
CAR has huge deposits of gold, diamonds and other minerals but has seen a succession of coups and rebellions since independence from France in 1960, leaving most of its people living in poverty. |