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Gunman shoots dead soldier in Burundi's capital

Xinhua, November 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

An unidentified gunman on Saturday night shot dead a soldier in the Burundian capital Bujumbura, the Burundian police spokesman said Sunday.

The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m., when a soldier on leave visited a shop in Ngagara neighborhood. A gunman came in, ordered a cigarette and opened fire, killing the soldier on the spot before running away, said Burundian Police Spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye.

This is a second assassination of a security agent in Burundi in less than a week.

On Nov. 15, a policeman in Bubanza province, 18 km west of the Bujumbura, was killed and his gun was taken away.

Nkurikiye said that four gunmen suspected to be bandits shot the policeman while he was going to buy phone airtime at a shop near his police post. Enditem