6 Red Cross volunteers killed in Central African Republic

Six Red Cross volunteers have been killed in an attack on a health center in southeast Central African Republic by unknown assailants.

The Red Cross confirms the attack saying more details were not yet available.

The six volunteers killed were all from Central African Republic and were participating in a crisis meeting at a health center in the town of Gambo, in the Mbomou prefecture. It was the third attack on Red Cross workers in Central African Republic this year, which include the shooting in June of one worker in the diamond-mining town of Bangassou, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.

This year, militia violence has intensified in southeast Central African Republic including attacks on peacekeepers and aid workers, prompting fears of a possible return to large-scale chaos that gripped the country at the peak of a 2013 civil war.