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Priest shot dead

    NAIROBI

    An Italian priest, Carlo Masseroni, who was shot last Thursday at a close
    range by suspected rebels, died in Nairobi to where he had been flown from
    Bujumbura on Saturday. Army spokesman Longin Minani told IRIN that so far,
    investigations had revealed that the priest - who was attacked alongside
    two Burundian clergymen at Gatsinda parish in Mwumba commune, Ngozi
    province - had given a cheque to the rebels which bounced. "So this time
    they were looking for cash, but as he negotiated with them, they shot him
    in the head," he said. "Our men [army] were nearby and heard the noise so
    rushed to the scene and took the victim in a military helicopter to
    Bujumbura where he was later flown to Nairobi for further treatment, but
    latest reports say he died."

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