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Priest denies worshippers killed

    NAIROBI

    An Italian priest on Thursday rejected reports that 30 Hutu worshippers were killed by soldiers at his church in Nyambuye last Sunday, AFP said, citing the Vatican news agency FIDES. Priest Luigi Vitella said there was no massacre, as alleged by the missionary news agency MISNA. He said some shots were fired at the church, but no-one was hurt in the incident. He did not mention who fired the shots. The Burundian authorities have strongly denied the MISNA claims.

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