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Violence, instability claims lives of 2 young men in Burudian capital

Xinhua, January 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two corpses of young men were discovered Sunday morning in Carama and in Ngagara in the north of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, a local administration official has confirmed.

"One of the corpses was discovered in a drainage channel in Carama and the other one was found in the industrial area in Ngagara. Both corpses were of young men," said Remy Barampama, administrator of Ntahangwa district.

He indicated that the corpse uncovered in Carama could not be identified as no document was found in the victim's pockets.

"People living in Carama and around the place where the corpse was lying were unable to identify him. It was clear that he had been strangled, stabbed in the heart and then shot. People living around that place told us that they heard a car that might have brought the victim around 2 a.m. local time Sunday and dumped him there," said Barampama.

He indicated that the corpse was taken to the morgue, waiting for his relatives to come and take the corpse for burial.

Barampama added that another corpse was discovered in the industrial area in Ngagara.

"We discovered a corpse of a dead young man in the industrial area. He was shot dead by a bullet of a pistol, according to security agents. His identity card shows that he had received it in Cibitoke zone here in the capital Bujumbura. We also took him to the morgue, to allow his relatives to come and get his corpse," said Barampama.

He indicated that circumstances in the double crime are not yet known, but added that investigations have started about the assassinations.

Since April, with the outbreak of protests against the third term bid of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and his controversial re-election in July, violence has left over 400 dead in the east African nation, according to civil society groups.

On Dec. 17, 2015, the African Union Peace and Security Council issued a resolution on the deployment of 5,000 troops into Burundi to prevent genocide or massive killings, but the government has vowed to fight against them, arguing that there are no signs of genocide in the east African nation. Endit