4 dead as fresh violence rocks Burundi’s capital

According to witnesses and local officials, at least four people have been killed in shooting attacks and explosions in the capital of Burundi.
The overnight attacks on Sunday in Bujumbura came despite a UN plea for both sides to end the violence and attend talks.
Attackers targeted a police post in the south of Bujumbura, killing one police officer and injuring another, a policeman, who witnessed the incident and did not wish to be named, said.
Dieudonne Nduwayo, administrative secretary of Bujumbura’s Bwiza zone, said three other people had been killed in different places within Bujumbura’s Mukaza district.

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Freddy Mbonimpa, Bujumbura’s mayor and a member of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s CNDD-FDD party, said his home and vehicles parked there were seriously damaged when about 10 people attacked the house in Rohero, a part of Bujumbura that has seen little violence.

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