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Military
spokesman Col. Gaspard Baratuza (Image source: www.france-rwanda.info)
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Nine people in Burundi
have been killed in gunfights with security forces since Saturday, a police
spokesman said, continuing a wave of violence in this central African nation. Two more bodies were
discovered Monday in the capital, Bujumbura, said Pierre Nkurikiye.
More
than 130 killings and 90 cases of torture had been documented in Burundi, the
U.N. said in September. In many cases the victims appear to have been shot at
close range, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
said.
Burundi
President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday gave civilians five days to surrender any
illegal weapons or face tough action by the police, who he said should use all
means necessary to stop the bloodshed.
