Gunfire, a grenade explosion and threats of violence in Central African Republic on Sunday prevented many from voting in a constitutional referendum seen as a test of whether national elections can take place later this month.<br />An attack on a voting station in the PK5 neighborhood by gunmen killed at least one person and injured six others, said a Muslim community leader Ousmane Abakar .<br />A grenade exploded near a voting center in the northern Gobongo neighborhood of Bangui, injuring three people, residents said.<br />The referendum for which 2 million people were registered to vote at more than 5,500 stations continued elsewhere, though there were reports of missing voter cards.<br />The U.N. mission in Central African Republic currently has more than 11,000 troops and police are trying to calm the deadly violence.
