About four people were killed on Friday when unknown gunmen ambushed Prime Niyongabo, Burundian army’s chief of staff, in a failed assasination attempt in the capital Bujumbura.
Reuters quoted local media and a morgue source as saying three soldiers and three gunmen had died after the early morning attack but that Niyongabo had escaped the assasination attempt.
Burundi has been rocked by a spate of attacks on officials since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he was seeking a third term in office.
A morgue source in Bujumbura told Reuters “an army pick-up brought four dead soldiers in this morgue”.
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