Crisis in the Central African Republic: Dispatch Three

We ran across dirt roads, pausing every so often to seek shelter behind mud-brick walls and giant tree trunks as the sounds of heavy machine guns echoed all around. We couldn't tell where the bullets were coming from, or whether the main roads were safe. Behind us in the creeping dark, two critically injured men lay bleeding in the back of our pickup truck. We'd had to abandon it, and them, as the firing drew closer. Read the rest on VICE here: http://www.vice.com/read/violence-in-the-central-african-republic-escalates-as-presidents-family-flees-country This is the third dispatch from VICE's Danny Gold and Robert King, who have been reporting from Bangui since landing there December 10th. Watch "Crisis in the Central African Republic: Dispatch One" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9F3hbYpAE&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGHivZqJOTMcmvarhWauVBi&index=1 Subscribe to VICE News now: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/