Grenade attack in Bangui kills 20

A government minister says that there was a grenade attack on a wake in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, which killed 20 people!

The attack happened at around 23:00, on Thursday (22:00 GMT), Public Security Minister Denis Wangao Kizimale was quoted as saying.

Other eleven people were injured in the attack, he told AFP news agency.

The country has been hit by civil conflict since a rebel group deposed the president in March 2013.