Sounds of gunshots were heard in the night of 23 January near the Mukoni military camp, north eastern Muyinga Province. The inhabitants speak of an attack on Mukoni military camp. The army spokesman said thieves were trying to steal in surrounding households but were intercepted by soldiers who were on patrol.
Colonel Gaspard Baratuza, Spokesman for the Burundian Army: “A group of people armed with three rifles cannot attack a military camp of 600 soldiers. It would be an act of suicide”.
“It was about 2:30 am when a volley of shots rang out around the Mukoni Military Camp. The attack was carried out by armed people who came by car, “says a local source. He says attackers disappeared after firing several shots.
The spokesman for the Burundian Army, Colonel Gaspard Baratuza confirms the information. “A group of thieves came face to face with soldiers on patrol. The source of the shootings is a weapon of one of those thieves who was trying to prevent any riposte of our soldiers who were patrolling. He fired and our soldiers did not react, “says Baratuza.
He said that the population in collaboration with the security forces surrounded the area to arrest the troublemakers.
The spokesman for the army rejects the hypothesis about an attack on the military camp. “A group of people armed with three rifles cannot attack a military camp of 600 soldiers. It would be an act of suicide, “he says.
According to Baratuza, four Kalashnikov-type rifles, 10 shells and 2 grenades were seized by the security forces at about 400 m from the Mukoni military camp. “Five suspects have been arrested for investigative reasons,” he says.
Local sources say that since this morning, the police have besieged the area commonly called Kumukoni near the military camp.
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