source: RFI; AFP
actor1: Wagner Group
actor2: Civilians (Central African Republic)
location: Bambari
notes: Around 13 January 2019 (week of), FACA forces detained a trader in Bambari (Bambari, Ouaka), who was accused by locals of being an ex-Seleka member. The man was then taken to a FACA base, where Russian mercenaries, believed to be from the Wagner group, detained and tortured the man using knives, chains, bricks and batons. The man was later freed by Internal Security Forces. The UN launched an investigation.