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Urgent: Burundi's opposition leader shot dead in capital

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

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.

Gahungu was the spokesman of Burundi's Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga) opposition party. Endit