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At least 12 people, including a senior army officer, were killed and several others wounded in a roadside ambush in central Burundi, administrative and medical sources said on Monday. x
Police said late Sunday that eight people were killed when bandits set upon four vehicles near Muramvya, a provincial capital about 50 kilometres (31 miles) northeast of the main city of Bujumbura.
But residents and official government and hospital sources told AFP the real toll was higher, and that a child was among the dead.
“Ten people were killed on the spot and two others, including a little girl, succumbed to their injuries,” an administrative source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Burundi: douze personnes tuées lors d une nouvelle attaque dans le centre du pays
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Burundi: au moins 12 morts dans une embuscade dans le centre du pays
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