UN horrified by vicious slaughter of children by Christian militias in the C. African Republic

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/14/un-horrified-by-vicious-slaughter-of-children-by-christian-militias-in-the-central-african-republic/



UN horrified by vicious slaughter of children by Christian militias in the C. African Republic
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, February 14, 2014 11:44 EST

The UN children’s agency on Friday said it was horrified at how children are being maimed and killed, including by beheadings, in the sectarian violence engulfing the Central African Republic.

“There is no future for a country where adults can viciously target innocent children with impunity,” said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF regional director for west and central Africa.

UNICEF officials in the region “are horrified by the cruelty and impunity with which children are being killed and mutilated” and are “increasingly targeted because of their religion, or because of their community”, the organisation said in a statement.

At least 133 children have been killed and maimed, some of them in horrific ways, in the past two months and UNICEF has verified cases of children intentionally beheaded and mutilated.

[newfie11]

1. Same old thing for eons, in the name of religion

[LuvLoogie]

2. I can't blame religion.

This is what happens when bigotry and hatred is more organized than civil society. This isn't a conquering horde; it's ethnic cleansing.

[MisterP]

3. the locals don't

http://www.voanews.com/content/car-residents-see-crisis-as-political-not-religious/1829244.html