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High ranking army officer “accidently” shot dead by sentry

01-26-2017 Burundi army confirms reports of the death of Major Dieudonné Karashira shot last night 25 January in the Eastern Province of Cankuzo. The army spokesman, Gaspard Baratuza, says the officer was “accidently shot by a soldier on sentry duty”. He says the officer was checking soldiers on sentry duty. (...)
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Burundian arrested for murder in Malawi

11-03-2014 Tensions are high in the Malawi capital following the murder of a Malawian national at the hands of a Burundian refugee. The 40 year old suspect runs a business in atownshipof Lilongwe. On Sunday night the victim came to have a beer and left without settling the bill of (...)
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‘An almost perfect suspect’

09-24-2014 Lucia Pulici (75), Olga Raschietti (82) and Bernadette Boggian (79), three Italian nuns of the Xaverian congregation were killed in the Kamenge parish on Sunday 7th and Monday 8th September. The police report the apprehension of the suspected killer: a mentally ill young man.-By Christian Bigirimana. Translated from French (...)
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The arrest of the suspected killer

09-22-2014 Col. Helmenegilde Harimeshi, the police spokesman, announced the arrest of the suspected killer during a press briefing on Tuesday September 9th.-By C.B and E.N translated from French by J.Berchmans Siboniyo Some hours after the murders, the police announce that the killer is caught. Media are called to see the (...)