Hundreds of angry demonstrators Wednesday laid the bodies of at least 16 people killed in clashes in Central African Republic's capital in front of the mission headquarters of the United Nations, witnesses said.

U.N. peacekeepers and local security forces have battled armed groups in Bangui's PK5 neighborhood -- a Muslim enclave of the majority Christian city -- since Sunday aiming to dismantle their bases there.

The demonstrators, who blame U.N. soldiers for firing on residents protesting against the operation in PK5, carried the bodies wrapped in cloth to the gates of mission, known as MINUSCA.

In a statement late on Tuesday MINUSCA said that Rwandan peacekeepers had come under attack.

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