--- title: Bloodshed in Bangui: A Day That Will Define Central African Republic description: William Daniels photographed the latest Muslim-Christian attacks in Bangui, the capital of the beleaguered African nation. canonical: https://time.com/3805535/bloodshed-in-bangui-a-day-that-will-define-central-african-republic/ author: Andrew Katz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-12-06T16:34:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:40:35.514Z article:section: World og:title: Bloodshed in Bangui: A Day That Will Define Central African Republic og:description: William Daniels photographed the latest Muslim-Christian attacks in Bangui, the capital of the beleaguered African nation. og:url: https://time.com/3805535/bloodshed-in-bangui-a-day-that-will-define-central-african-republic/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d3c438d34a26d6a/6987e4f08e0601ef2b45d745/rca-daniels-5502.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: RCA-Daniels-5502 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bloodshed in Bangui: A Day That Will Define Central African Republic twitter:description: William Daniels photographed the latest Muslim-Christian attacks in Bangui, the capital of the beleaguered African nation. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d3c438d34a26d6a/6987e4f08e0601ef2b45d745/rca-daniels-5502.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bloodshed in Bangui: A Day That Will Define Central African Republic > Sponsored content. 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Bodies of Christians, including some anti-balaka fighters, in front of the National Assembly. Dec. 6, 2013\. Bodies of Christians, including some anti-balaka fighters, in front of the National Assembly.William Daniels—Panos  by [Andrew Katz](https://time.com/author/andrew-katz/)  ## Andrew Katz Dec 6, 2013 4:34 PM UTC **Friday, Dec. 6, 2:30pm EST:** _We have updated the estimated death toll to reflect the most recent statistics published by the Red Cross. New images by William Daniels have been added to the beginning of the slideshow, and we’ll continue to update this post as newer information becomes available._ The phone rang just before dawn. On the other end, call after call, were voices informing William Daniels, the French photojournalist, of fresh attacks on several districts in Bangui, the ramshackle capital of the crisis-hit Central African Republic. Not a day earlier, on Dec. 4, the fighters he met in the bush, an hour’s walk from the center of town, had said that wouldn’t happen: That men with big knives and guns wouldn’t come in to attack the men who attacked them first. But in this latest bout of bloodshed, Christian vigilantes in self-defense units referred to as anti-balaka (or “anti-machete”) reportedly swung into sections of Bangui previously overrun by Séléka, a disbanded alliance of rebel groups with mostly Muslim fighters. They mercilessly laid into their aggressors and Muslim civilians, exacting revenge for nearly a year of Séléka-instigated instability. Hours later and despite light weaponry, at least when compared to the rocket-propelled grenades and kalashnikovs flaunted by the ex-Séléka, hundreds were feared dead and scores more wounded. Two days later, the Red Cross said it had [collected](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/07/us-centralafrican-toll-redcross-idUSBRE9B60AM20131207) 394 bodies and expected to find more. This, nine months after Séléka barreled into the city, ousting President Françios Bozizé and installing one of their own as his successor. This, mere hours before the U.N. Security Council approved military action by France and other African nations to try to restore law and order. When the firefights stopped, the enormity of what transpired became apparent. Daniels, 36, had heard a lot, but was kept back until the clamor faded. He ended up at Hôpital Communautaire, its morgue holding some 50 bodies, by an aid worker’s estimate. A tireless staff struggled to mend more than double that figure. “It was very tense. You had to walk in between people lying on the floor,” he told TIME. “They asked us not to stay very long because they didn’t have much space.” The wounds were ghastly: “Some had very, very big cuts on their arms, on their legs.” Some, even, on their backsides. Those, he suspected, the result of machetes as they fled. He and several colleagues found a similar scene at the Ali Babolo Mosque in the PK5 neighborhood. To get there, the normally aggressive ex-Séléka designated a fighter to safely escort them. Upon reaching the worship site, the man told his brethren: “All the journalists are coming. They’re coming to photograph the dead bodies, so don’t get angry with them.” There, in a small space, were 58 of them; mostly civilians, including four women. “Seeing all those bodies was very shocking,” Daniels said. “Very, very shocking.” The group stayed about 30 minutes. The staccato of sporadic gunfire could be heard through the afternoon. Once night fell, the city center remained eerily empty. No cars, no people, no noise. For how long, he couldn’t say. After the U.N. resolution was approved, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the intervention would begin before the next dawn. Some reinforcements did arrive, but Daniels said it’s the ordinary citizens he’ll continue to photograph: “What is most important is to cover the human side of the conflict.” He doesn’t see how this battle, seemingly growing more sectarian as each month passes, could end quickly. Not after he and the other journalists returned to the hospital and [counted](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152123946835879&set=a.137899535878.135263.706055878&type=1) 40 more bodies. Not after Dec. 5: “What happened today, you can’t go back. There’s no way to go back after that.” --- [**_William Daniels_**](http://www.williamdaniels.net) _is a photographer represented by Panos Pictures. Daniels previously wrote for TIME about_ [_his escape from Syria_](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/03/08/escape-from-syria/)_._ **_Andrew Katz_** _is a reporter with TIME covering international affairs. Follow him on Twitter_ [_@katz_](http://www.twitter.com/katz)_._ ---  Dec. 6, 2013\. Bodies in the morgue of the Hôpital Communautaire in Bangui. William Daniels—Panos   Dec. 6, 2013\. Bodies of Christians, including some anti-balaka fighters, in front of the National Assembly. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 6, 2013\. Bodies in the hallways of the morgue at the Hôpital Communautaire in Bangui. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. 58 bodies, including 4 women, were brought to the Ali Babolo mosque following several early morning attacks by anti-balakas. Most of the dead were killed by machete. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. Many of the dead showed injuries from machetes. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. Mourners grieve the victims of the attack brought to the mosque. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. Wounded Christians and Muslims at the community hospital in Bangui. Aid workers and medical staff treated roughly 100 victims, and around 50 bodies were brought to the hospital on this day. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. A man who sustained wounds by a machete awaits treatment at the mosque. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. A man stands over victims taken to the mosque. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. Séléka fighters collect the body of a Séléka general who died during the early morning attack by the anti-balakas. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 5, 2013\. Séléka fighters in the street of Bangui. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 4, 2013\. A day before the attack, Anti-balaka fighters hiding in the bush around Bangui. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 3, 2013\. Wounded Peul children in Bangui. According to the government, anti-balaka fighters attacked a Peul (Muslim tribe) village. William Daniels—Panos  Dec. 3, 2013\. Wounded Peul children in Bangui. According to the photographer, the children were kept in an army garrison for two hours before going to the hospital so that foreign journalists, government officials and a UN inspector could see and photograph them. William Daniels—Panos  Nov. 29, 2013\. The funeral of the magistrate who was murdered two weeks earlier by ex-Séléka members. His death became a symbol for the Christian population of Bangui. His death led to several demonstrations in the city. William Daniels—Panos  Nov. 29, 2013\. Mourners at the magistrate's funeral. 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