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13 killed in ambush

    NAIROBI

    Thirteen people, including three soldiers, were killed and 13 others wounded on Monday in an ambush by Hutu rebels in Musenyi in northern Burundi, news organisations reported. According to the BBC Kirundi service, the rebels laid a tree across the main road north of Bujumbura, between Bugarama and Kayanza, in order to ambush vehicles using the highway. The radio added that other people were abducted by the rebels and taken into the nearby Kibira forest, where the rebels hide out.

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