Heavy arms fire triggered panic Wednesday, December 25, 2013, in the Central African capital Bangui, prompting a French force to deploy armoured vehicles near the airport. Six Chadian peacekeepers have died in clashes in the Central African Republic capital.
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| Africa Union peacekeeping soldiers take strategic positions in an armoured truck to quell street violence in neighbourhoods in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, December 20, 2013. |