Catholic priest shot dead by unidentified gunman in Central African Republic

A Catholic priest Fr Toungoumale Baba was  killed Tuesday morning by yet to be indenified gunmen at the Notre Dame de Fatima Catholic Church in Bangui Central African

The priest was among those shot dead during the attack, said the Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Bangui, Walter Brad Mazangue.

A crowd of thousands of angry, shouting protesters gathered as his body, covered by a sheet, was carried on a makeshift stretcher along dirt.

The unidentified gunmen reportedly attacked the Notre Dame de Fatima Catholic church in the Fatima neighborhood of Bangui, near the Muslim-majority PK5 district.