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Central African Republic Clashes Kill At least 281, Red Cross Says

Clashes Kill Nearly 300
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BANGUI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The Red Cross in Central African Republic has collected the bodies of 281 people killed during two days of violence in the capital Bangui, the organisation's president said on Friday.

Pastor Antoine Mbao Bogo said staff had to stop work as night fell on Friday but the toll was likely to rise significantly when they resumed work at the weekend.

"Tomorrow is going to be a monster of a day. We're going to work tomorrow and I think we're going to need a fourth day too," he said. (Reporting by Joe Bavier; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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French Special Forces race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Two-year-old Dany sits in a catholic church where she and others seeked refuge, in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Civilians seek shelter in a catholic church in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5, 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (credit:AP)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers (R) patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorizing force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Two men look after a child lying in a hospital bed, on December 4, 2013 in Bangui, after he was injured with a machete and lost his parents in Boali following an attack in the night of December 2 to December 3, 2013 by a Christian group known as ''anti-balaka'' (anti-machete). (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A child sits in a hospital bed with his father, on December 4, 2013 in Bangui, after he was injured with a machete in Boali following an attack in the night of December 2 to December 3, 2013 by a Christian group known as ''anti-balaka'' (anti-machete). (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Soldiers patrol on December 5, 2013 in a street of Bangui as shots rang out and blasts from heavy weapons rocked several districts of the Central African capital this morning amid communal tensions ahead of a UN vote authorising force to stop the country's descent into chaos. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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