Burundi: twelve people killed in a new attack in the center of the country
Burundian soldiers.
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In Burundi, twelve people including a senior army officer were killed on Sunday evening, May 9, in an ambush in the center of the country.
Their vehicles have been ambushed and in recent months this is not the first of its kind.
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This happened 4 km from Muramvya, a locality located about fifty kilometers northeast of the economic capital, Bujumbura.
Men dressed as civilians but heavily armed, according to Burundian sources, opened fire at around 7:30 p.m. local time, first on the car of a colonel returning from a family celebration and then on three other vehicles.
The Burundian Interior Ministry quickly put forward a death toll of eight on Sunday evening and assured that an investigation was underway.
The police are also deployed in large numbers in the area.
According to Agence France Presse (AFP), in the end twelve people were killed and about fifteen injured, several seriously.
“
We are saddened to see, once again, Burundi losing its children through the fault of bandits.
[... / ...]
All criminals must be put out of harm's way
”, reacted this Monday, May 10,
President Evariste Ndayishimiye
on Twitter.
Over the past year, the center of the country has experienced several extremely violent attacks attributed by the government to "
bandits
" but there is much speculation concerning the origin and the motivations of these armed men.
This situation worries the populations.
The group, behind a shooting that killed seven people in a bar in Rusaka last month, has not been found.
► See also: The Rwandan army says it repelled an attack from Burundi
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