| Partof: | the Central African Republic Civil War |
| Date: | 13 – 15 May 2017 |
| Coordinates: | 4.7333°N 72°W |
| Map Type: | Central African Republic |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Label: | Bangassou |
| Result: | MINUSCA victory |
| Combatant1: | MINUSCA |
| Commander2: | Kevin Bere Bere Romaric Mandago Crépin Wakanam Patrick Gbiako Yembeline Mbenguia Alpha |
| Strength2: | 600–700 |
| Casualties1: | 1 killed, 25 injured |
| Casualties2: | Unknown |
| Casualties3: | 115+ people killed 3,000 people displaced |
During May 2017, a massacre occurred in the Central African Republic town of Bangassou after Anti-balaka militias launched an attack in the area.
On 13 May 2017 around 600 to 700 Anti-balaka fighters entered Bangassou, attacking a MINUSCA base and a Muslim Tokoyo neighborhood. They started pillaging the city and attacking Muslim residents. More than 3,000 people escaped their homes seeking refugee in a hospital, cathedral and mosque. Anti-balaka besieged mosque sheltering more than 1,000 people. On 15 May MINUSCA forces managed to recapture key points in the city freeing hostages from mosque.[1] In the following days more than 115 bodies were found in the city.[2] One MINUSCA peacekeeper from Morocco was also killed.[3]
On 7 February 2020, two and a half years after the clashes in Bangassou, five Anti-Balaka commanders and 23 militiamen were sentenced for years in prison. They were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms and murder.[4]