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Senior army officer killed

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    A senior Burundian army officer was killed on Wednesday by suspected rebels, Burundi radio reported on Thursday. Colonel Balthazar Nzeyimana, who was commander of Burundi’s fourth military region, was killed in a rocket attack on his vehicle, along with two members of his escort in northeastern Burundi, the radio said. He was travelling between Kigamba and the Ruvubu river bridge, about 10 km from the Tanzanian border.

    Meanwhile the French news agency AFP reported that on Tuesday, rebels attacked Kabezi town, 13 km south of Bujumbura. Local officials said a three-hour gunbattle ensued, but no deaths were reported.

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