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Five rebels killed by youth vigilante

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    Meanwhile, four rebels were killed and several others wounded by the Rumonge peace maintenance forces after the rebels attacked the Kayange and Gitanga areas of Burambi Commune, southwestern Burundi, on Monday. The Burundi news agency ABP said the peace maintenance group destroyed four rebel positions and seized several caches of food, medicines, transistor radios and household goods. They also seized five grenades during the swoop. ABP quoted administrative authorities as saying that in a different operation conducted on 12 May in the Muhanda and Buruhukiro areas, the peace forces killed one rebel and wounded several others before recovering gallons of palm oil stolen in the Murembwe river valley.

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