Chad protests to CAR after soldiers kill civilians

N'DJAMENA, Aug 23 (Reuters) Chad has protested to Central African Republic after a soldier in the lawless north of the neighbouring country robbed and killed four Chadian civilians last week, its foreign minister said TOday.

Chad's International Cooperation Minister Djidda Moussa Outman summoned the Central African ambassador to N'Djamena yesterday to express the government's condemnation of the attack, which took place in the border town of Kabo.

Foreign Minister Ahmat Allam-Mi said the soldier had stolen 134,400 dollars and injured four others, including two women. The Central African ambassador pledged Bangui's support in clarifying the situation, the minister said.

It was the latest case of violence in the volatile area near Sudan's Darfur region. Humanitarian workers have repeatedly complained of attacks in northern Central African Republic, where insurgents are fighting a low-level war against President Francois Bozize's government.

Relief workers say violence by rebels, government troops and bandits have driven some 300,000 civilians from their homes. Amnesty International said in a report in June that Central African Republic was becoming a magnet for armed groups and criminals from across the region.

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