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Dozens of heavily armed Muslim rebels have opened fire in a hospital compound in the Central African Republic, killing at least 16 people, officials said today.
The victims included three local health workers employed by Doctors Without Borders.
The weekend attack was the first time the international aid group has lost staff members in the country since sectarian violence began there in December. Doctors Without Borders is the only group providing aid in much of the deeply impoverished country.
Spokesman Tim Shenk confirmed that three of his colleagues had been killed in Nanga Boguila, near the border with Chad.
A humanitarian official said the hospital had been surrounded by more than 40 armed rebels on Saturday. The attack happened while Doctors Without Borders staff were meeting several dozen local village chiefs. The Seleka rebels had come to the hospital demanding money and opened fire on the meeting.
