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Five killed ambush

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    Five people, including a soldier were killed in an ambush about 10 km northeast of Bujumbura, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. It quoted army spokesman Colonel Augustin Nzabampema as saying that the four civilians were employees of the Ministry of Education and the soldier acted as their escort. “They did not loot the passengers, their aim was to kill,” he said. “Lately, there has been an increase of attacks on the road by the rebels. The ambush was reportedly laid by rebels on the national highway One linking Bujumbura to Muberure. According to the Agence burundaise de presse (ABP), three people were killed in Muberure in yet another incident on Sunday morning by a gang of assailants “crossing the zone on their way to Rutegama in Isale commune where they have taken up residence”.

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