FBIS4-23713
"drafr114_a_94001"
FBIS-AFR-94-114
Daily Report
13 Jun 1994
CENTRAL AFRICA
Burundi
Attack in Kayanza, Shooting in Bujumbura Reported
Attack in Kayanza, Shooting in Bujumbura Reported
Fifteen Killed; 5 Injured
EA1306191394 Dakar PANA in English 1710 GMT 13 Jun 94
EA1306191394
Dakar PANA
English
BFN
[Text] Bujumbura, 13 Jun (PANA) -- An armed attack on
Monday [13 June] morning killed fifteen civilians and seriously
wounded five in the center of Kayanza, a town in the central
Burundian province of Kayanza, at the border with Butare
(southern Rwanda), Burundian radio announced on Monday.
Quoting the Kayanza District commander, the radio added that
the streets of the town were deserted. The inhabitants who were
surprised in their sleep by the attack remained at home waiting
for calm to return.
A similar attack occurred last weekend when grenades were
thrown into a pub, seriously wounding eleven people, one of whom
died in hospital and two are still in a critical state, medical
sources said. Since Friday, violent clashes have been taking
place between the regular Army and armed gangs based on the
hills around Bujumbura, the Burundian capital.
Burundian radio, quoting military sources, said the death
toll was six among the assailants and two among the military.
Interim president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya is currently in
Tunis attending the 30th summit of OAU heads of states and
governments.