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Central African trader abducted and killed in Bossangoa

By , based on Corbeaunews Centrafrique

Map: Bossangoa, Central African Republic

Kossi Christian, a young trader, was abducted and then killed in Bossangoa, in Ouham prefecture, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique. His body, found burned about ten kilometres from the town on the Bossangoa-Bangui road, was reportedly decapitated before being set alight, the outlet reports.

Kossi Christian, a Central African trader, was abducted on Monday morning in Bossangoa, in Ouham prefecture, and then killed, Corbeaunews Centrafrique reports, saying it obtained the information from local residents and the victim’s family. The outlet attributes the abduction to members of the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organisation operating in the Central African Republic.

The body was found burned about ten kilometres from Bossangoa, on the road linking the town to Bangui, according to Corbeaunews Centrafrique.

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