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Government rejects massacre allegations

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    The government has dismissed an Amnesty International allegation that 43 civilians were killed by the army in Kabezi commune, Bujumbura Rural on 31 December, insisting instead that some 20 rebels were killed that night, AFP reported. “The attackers came and the army killed about 20 rebels and seized 17 weapons,” the agency quoted defence ministry sources as saying. Officials accused Amnesty of spreading “false information,” the report added.

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