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Giving an overall toll of those injured in the
violence, Burundian Red Cross spokesman Alexis Manirakiza said 29 people
were hurt in Thursday’s clashes, bringing to 66 the number of wounded
since the violence began on Sunday.
Bujumbura. At least seven people have died and
66 others been wounded in nearly a week of clashes between police and
protestors in the central African nation of Burundi, officials said
Friday.
Giving an overall toll of those injured in the
violence, Burundian Red Cross spokesman Alexis Manirakiza said 29 people
were hurt in Thursday’s clashes, bringing to 66 the number of wounded
since the violence began on Sunday.
Sporadic clashes continued in parts of the capital Bujumbura on Friday, witnesses said.
The unrest broke out after the ruling CNDD-FDD
party designated President Pierre Nkurunziza as its candidate in the
next presidential election, which is due to be held in the small central
African nation on June 26.
Opposition figures and rights groups say that
Nkurunziza’s attempt to stand for a third consecutive term goes against
the constitution as well as a peace deal that ended a civil war in 2006.
Medical sources said many of those hurt in the
clashes has suffered gunshot wounds, allegedly at the hands of police
who have fired into crowds with live ammunition.
Red Cross and medical sources said three people
were killed on the first day of protests, and three later that night in
an alleged attack by ruling party militia forces.
A solider was also shot dead on Thursday when an intelligence officer opened fire near a barricade erected by protesters. (AFP)
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