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At least 17 reported killed

    NAIROBI
    Some 17 people, including at lest 9 civilians, were killed in violence since last Thursday, news agencies said over the weekend. Eight people were reportedly killed by rebels who attacked the village of Munyika in Rutana province near the Tanzanian border on Friday, Radio Burundi said. Residents in the affected locations fled to "military positions," it added. Meanwhile, in two separate rebel attacks reported last Thursday evening, three people were killed in the Musaga suburb of Bujumbura and six others died in Makamba province, 150 km south of the capital. Among those killed in Musaga was a 15-year-old rebel, the Burundi news agency reported.

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