| 5,499,531 |
-2.7 |
29.25 |
Burundi |
|
A member of MSD was severely beaten by Imbonerakure after he refused to join their party. |
| 5,499,537 |
-3.3772 |
29.358 |
Burundi |
|
Four people were injured and four arrested when some UPRONA members tried to prevent other UPRONA members from holding general statements (sic) to change the constitution of the party. It is unclear whether there were clashes between the groups or if the injuries were from the police trying to break up the gathering. |
| 5,499,541 |
-2.7833 |
29.1166 |
Burundi |
|
The house of UPRONA supporter was attacked by Imbonerakure members. |
| 5,499,548 |
-3.3597 |
29.3936 |
Burundi |
|
2 Italian nuns were murdered (and allegedly raped but this was disputed by the convent leadership) in their convent by a Burundian allegedly related to a land dispute because the parish had been built on land owned by his parents. Religious motives are also suspected due to the methods of murder and indignities done to the bodies. |
| 5,499,553 |
-3.3597 |
29.3936 |
Burundi |
|
A 3rd Italian nun was killed at a convent near Kamenge, and decapitated. It is not certain whether the same person killed all three or if an accomplice killed the 3rd. |
| 5,499,558 |
-3.3772 |
29.358 |
Burundi |
|
The head of OLUCOME engaged in a solo-protest against corruption (as mass demonstrations have been made illegal), but was stopped before he could arrive at the offices of the justice and interior ministeries by a dozen police officers who took him home, allegedly to avoid the publicity of putting another well-known civil society activist in prison. |
| 5,499,562 |
-3.1875 |
29.2933 |
Burundi |
|
FNL rebels claim to have killed 6 soldiers and lost 1 of their own fighters during an attack on army positions in Gihanga, just 20 miles north of Bujumbura, before retreating into the Rukoko marshes. |
| 5,499,567 |
-3.3333 |
29.25 |
Burundi |
|
A known pro-FNL Rwasa activist was shot and died of his wounds. The identity of the murder is unknown but the attack is believed to have been politically motivated. |
| 5,499,570 |
-3.3772 |
29.358 |
Burundi |
|
Burundian returnees from Tanzania engaged in a 3-day sit-in in front of the Ministry of National Solidarity to demand attention to their grievances. They dispersed after being told their situations would be examined by the department. |
| 5,499,573 |
-3.4225 |
29.9381 |
Burundi |
|
Residents of Ndebe hill in Gitega erected barricades on the Gitega-Ngozi road to demand allowances which have not been disbursed since the road was built. The administrator of the municpality promised to compensate them and the barricade was cleared. |
