source: Corbeau News
actor1: Wagner Group
actor2: Civilians (Central African Republic)
location: Ndassima
notes: On 17 October 2021, Russian mercenaries from Wagner group abducted a local miner, suspected of hiding a large amount of gold in his house, in Ndassima (Danga-Gboudou, Bambari). The victim led the mercenaries down a river, convincing them that they would find the hidden gold there, and from there he managed to escape. Wagner's mercenaries, in retaliation, burned and destroyed the miner's house. There were no fatalities nor injuries.