One protester killed in clashes at UN base in C. Africa

An armoured personnel carrier belonging to United Nations peacekeepers is stationed outside the presidential palace in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, on October 8, 2014. By Pacome Pabamdji (AFP/File)

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A protester was killed and several others injured on Friday when a demonstration turned violent outside a UN base in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said.

Peacekeepers fired warning shots to push back some 400 protesters, some of whom were armed with knives, who tried to set fire to the base in Kaga-Bandoro, north of Bangui, said spokesman Stephane Dujarric.