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A man who ate another man's flesh in
the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the
murder of family members.
The man, who calls himself "Mad Dog", was in a Christian mob who attacked a Muslim in the capital Bangui.
He said he had been "angry" because Muslims killed his pregnant wife, his-sister-in law and her baby.
At least 1,000 people have been killed since violence broke out in the Christian-majority country in December.
Tens of thousands have also been forced to flee their homes in the sectarian conflict.
However correspondents say fighting appears to have eased in Bangui after rival militiamen laid down their arms in a truce brokered by the French military.
'Magic' powers
"Mad Dog" told the BBC's Paul Wood he had seen his victim sitting on a minibus and decided to follow him.
More and more people joined him until he was at the head of a mob of some 20 youths, he said.
They forced the bus driver to stop and dragged the Muslim man out on the street, where he was beaten and stabbed before being set on fire.
Footage of the incident shows "Mad Dog" eating the man's leg, our correspondent says.
According to eyewitnesses, no-one tried to intervene.
Acts of cannibalism are rare in CAR, where sectarianism is a recent development, our correspondent says.
But many Christian fighters believe in magic and sorcery, he adds.
Some wear amulets containing the flesh of men they have killed because they believe it makes them invincible.
A man who ate another man's flesh in
the Central African Republic has told the BBC he was seeking "revenge" for the
murder of family members.
The man, who calls himself "Mad Dog", was in a Christian mob who attacked a Muslim in the capital Bangui.
He said he had been "angry" because Muslims killed his pregnant wife, his-sister-in law and her baby.
At least 1,000 people have been killed since violence broke out in the Christian-majority country in December.
Tens of thousands have also been forced to flee their homes in the sectarian conflict.
However correspondents say fighting appears to have eased in Bangui after rival militiamen laid down their arms in a truce brokered by the French military.
"Mad Dog" told the BBC's Paul Wood he had seen his victim sitting on a minibus and decided to follow him.
More and more people joined him until he was at the head of a mob of some 20 youths, he said.
They forced the bus driver to stop and dragged the Muslim man out on the street, where he was beaten and stabbed before being set on fire.
Footage of the incident shows "Mad Dog" eating the man's leg, our correspondent says.
According to eyewitnesses, no-one tried to intervene.
Acts of cannibalism are rare in CAR, where sectarianism is a recent development, our correspondent says.
But many Christian fighters believe in magic and sorcery, he adds.
Some wear amulets containing the flesh of men they have killed because they believe it makes them invincible.
Source: bbc
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