"We have to burn a Muslim and eat him"

[mota bhai 2,675]

A man holds a knife to his throat, claiming that he is looking for Muslims to cut off their heads. (Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)

BANGUI, Central African Republic — Polin Pumandele was killed about 9:30 a.m.

He was a Christian walking in a Muslim enclave, carrying wood to sell. In these tense days, that is enough reason to die in the Central African Republic. A Muslim mob confronted Pumandele, 23, on a side street and pushed him around. Then, they threw him into a ditch. At least one man stabbed him before his throat was slit.

As the slaughter unfolded, some of his killers ordered a Washington Post journalist witnessing the attack Sunday to leave. “Allez, allez — go, go, ” one yelled, wagging his arms menacingly.

Stationed nearby was a group of Burundian peacekeepers, ordered by the United Nations to protect civilians. But they didn’t know about the killing until some men — perhaps his killers — brought Pumandele’s mutilated body past them in a wheelbarrow. They dumped his body outside the Red Cross office across from the Burundian base. And just as swiftly, Pumandele was taken to the morgue, adding to the rolls of the dead in Africa’s latest war.

At least nine other people were killed Sunday in and around the area where Pumandele died, according to human rights activists and aid agencies. Christians killed Muslims. Muslims killed Christians. Shops were burned down. Houses were looted. Bodies were burned in streets, in front of African peacekeepers. Some tried to stop the looters; others looked the other way. In all, Sunday’s events were the latest sign of the mayhem in this besieged capital, reeling from one of the worst episodes of sectarian violence on the continent in recent memory.

Pumandele was a victim of circumstance. Half an hour before he was killed, heavy gunfire erupted near the Grand Mosque, near the Red Cross office, in PK 5, one of the last remaining Muslim enclaves in the capital. Muslims accused three Christians — Pumandele and two friends — of carrying grenades and seeking to hurl them into the mosque. The Burundian soldiers took into custody two of the men, but Pumandele ran in the other direction. There were no grenades, the Burundians later said. All the youths had was fear. Pumandele simply ran the wrong way.

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“The Muslims did this,” one of his relatives screamed. “They cut his neck like a cow. They are going to kill all of us.”

As the somber procession reached Pumandele’s neighborhood, more of his friends and neighbors joined. The wailing grew louder, as did the recriminations.

“All the Muslims will die in the country,” vowed one woman, shrieking loudly.

And as Pumandele’s body arrived in his neighborhood, a dirt-poor, mostly Christian community, one man yelled, “We have to burn a Muslim and eat him.”

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As he watched the ritual of mourning, Raymond Laguerret was worried.

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“I don’t know if our youth will calm down,” he said in a low voice, shaking his head. “There will be revenge attacks, and it will get worse. Any Muslim who comes into our area will be killed. Any kind of cooperation between Muslims and Christians is not possible anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/lynching-of-christian-man-by-muslims-is-sign-of-chaos-in-central-african-republic/2014/02/09/ecd02e54-91d5-11e3-b3f7-f5107432ca45_story.html

[luckytxn 2,265]

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[mota bhai 2,675]

Why even have troops there?

French troops. Not real troops.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I believe in equilibria, not borders.

[mota bhai 2,675]

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I don't think there should be a refugee visa at all. Refugees are why Canada exists, there is no need for it here.

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[mota bhai 2,675]

Are you suggesting we let in black thugs so the gun nutters have people to shoot at?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Are you suggesting we let in black thugs so the gun nutters have people to shoot at?

No.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Good, because that would be a ban hammer statement. You don't want to give them a reason.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Good, because that would be a ban hammer statement. You don't want to give them a reason.

Thank you for clarifying that.

[cee-gee 20]

I don't think there should be a refugee visa at all. Refugees are why Canada exists, there is no need for it here.

Truth.

[luckytxn 2,265]

OK good.

French troops. Not real troops.