By Alex Delmar-morgan PUBLISHED: 08:44 EST, 27 January 2014 | UPDATED: 09:20 EST, 27 January 2014 The U.S. threatened targeted sanctions Sunday against those responsible for the worsening sectarian violence in the Central African Republic as at least eight died in fresh clashes. Mob violence in the capital Bangui claimed eight lives Sunday as Christian militia attacked and looted predominantly Muslim neighborhoods, with fighting between religious groups intensifying. On Friday a former Muslim minister was hacked to death by armed groups. John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, said Washington was considering ‘targeted sanctions against those who further destabilize the situation, or pursue their own selfish ends by abetting or encouraging the violence’.
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U.S. says it is mulling targeted sanctions against ringleaders of the violence
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Eight more killed in fresh clashes between Christian and Muslim militia
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Two bodies seen burning in the street, witnesses say
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