Burundi opposition figure shot dead

Burundi’s opposition leader Patrice Gahungu was shot dead on Monday night as he was heading home at Gasenyi in the capital Bujumbura, his family told Xinhua Tuesday.

Bujumbura. Activists in Burundi behind weeks of protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial bid to seek a third term said yesterday they were suspending talks with the government after the murder of an opposition figure.

A soldier is shot dead by police in Burundi during a demonstration, as protests against the president's third-term bid continue.

Police say three ruling party activists have been shot dead in a bar in eastern Burundi as tensions mount ahead of elections later in the year.

At least eight people have died in shootings in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, an administrator has said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit the city since a disputed presidential election.

The former head of Burundi's army has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Bujumbura.

Burundi troops have killed two gunmen in separate clashes in recent days, the army said yesterday, the latest unrest following the president’s controversial re-election.

A Burundian journalist, his wife and their two children were shot dead by security forces in a flashpoint district of the capital Bujumbura amid tensions following the re-election of President Pierre Nkurunziza, residents said Wednesday.

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