thousands were killed, and many more fled their homes, moving to the relative safety zos definedd by theheir religig. due to thehe violence, more than half the schools closed, including g yakite school, one f the few schools in the capital bangui where once christian and moslem children studied together. the only access route to the school from the two communities was over the now-disputed yakite bridge. ludovic bienvenu, a christian lolocal youth leader, explains w the bridge between the two communities became a front line between warring factions. narrator:r: and espececially not children. local self-defense groups forormed to try to protet papassage ovever the brididge fr theirir own commumunities. ibrahim abdel rahman, a moslem, was in one e of them. [gununfire] narrator: meanwhile, the school stayed shut. in 2014, a united nations peacekeeping m mission hadad arrived, and in october 2016, local leaders joined forces with united nations peacekeepers to encourage the militia groups to dissarm and fofor the bridge to rereopen. ludovic took part, m meeting ibrahim face to face. narrator: working wi