By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Serge Leger Kokpakpa BANGUI (Reuters) - The Central African Republic's interim president accused armed groups on Friday of seeking to destabilise her government, as two people were shot dead by Burundian peacekeepers in a second day of violent protests in Bangui. Tensions have soared in the mostly Christian capital after Muslim gunmen attacked a church in its Fatima neighbourhood on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and abducting 27 others, according to U.N. officials. Thousands marched through the center of Bangui on Friday to demand the resignation of Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza and the withdrawal of the Burundian contingent of an African Union peacekeeping mission, accused by the city's Christian majority of favouring Muslims. In an address to the nation, Samba-Panza promised that those responsible for Wednesday's attack on Our Lady of Fatima - which lies on the edge of the embattled PK5 Muslim neighbourhood of Bangui - would not go unpunished. Read More http://ift.tt/1ttZVQX
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