Soldiers in the Central African Republic's capital chased down, beat, stabbed, and lynched a man suspected of having been a member of the Muslim Seleka rebels who overthrew the government last year, leading to months of deaths and chaos around the vast African country.

It happened moments after a ceremony in which the country’s new interim President Catherine Samba-Panza promised to restore security and unite the divided armed forces.

“At a certain point, everyone will be held responsible for their acts.  I am warning troublemakers who continue to sow disorder in the country,” she said.

And within ten minutes, the soldiers set upon the Muslim man.  There was no trial, no evidence, just swift and unspeakable violence.  Associated Press Chief Africa Photographer told America’s Time Magazine:

“Today I met the Devil.  In a scene Quentin Tarantino would not have dreamed scripting, I saw a man killed.  Butchered.  By his fellow countrymen.  His mistake was to be named Idris and to be Muslim.  What was first an orderly cheering crowd happy to hear they were finally going to get paid, turned in an instant into a tidal wave of barbarism.  The VIPs had barely left. We have reached the point of no return in sectarian violence.”