2 more corpses discovered near Burundi's capital
Xinhua, October 9, 2015 Adjust font size:
Another two corpses were discovered Thursday morning in two different localities near Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, police confirmed.
One of the two corpses was discovered with arms tied at a place in Mutimbuzi, some 12 km west of Bujumbura, and the second one was found nearby with bullet wounds, said Burundian Police Deputy Spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye.
He said investigations have been launched to identify the victims and arrest the killers.
On Sunday morning, at least eight corpses were discovered in Bujumbura's Mutakura neighborhood. Nkurikiye said that the eight victims were killed in weekend clashes between policemen and "insurgents."
The violence was the latest in months of unrest triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's successful bid to win a third term in office, a move opponents said was against the law and the terms of a peace deal that ended a 13-year civil war in 2006.
In August, local rights groups reported that at least 100 persons were killed in waves of violence since the beginning of protests against Nkurunziza's third term bid in April.
Nkurunziza won a controversial election on July 21 that was boycotted by the opposition. Endi