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27 said killed by rebels

    NAIROBI

    The army says 27 civilians were killed by rebels after fighting flared up in Burundi over the weekend. News organisations quoted army spokesman Colonel Longin Minani as saying 16 civilians were killed at a displaced people's camp in the southern village of Mushara and four more were killedin the province of Bujumbura Rural. Seven people were reportedly killed by rebels about 17 km north of Bujumbura on Sunday. Reuters said the army had launched a new offensive on rebel positions just days before the peace
    talks facilitator Nelson Mandela was due to visit the country on Friday. Heavy shelling and gunfire continued to echo across Bujumbura on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

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