- Title: BURUNDI: HUTU PEOPLE MOURN VICTIMS FOLLOWING ATTACK BY GUNMEN
- Date: 2nd November 1995
- Summary: BUJUMBURA AND BUYENZI, BURUNDI (NOVEMBER 2 AND 3, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) BUJUMBURA (NOVEMBER 3, 1995) 1. SV GROUP OF HUTU WOMEN CRYING IN ALLEYWAY/ CRYING (3 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SV/SLV HUTU PEOPLE INSIDE HOUSE LOOKING AT BODY / MORE COVERED BODIES INSIDE HOUSE (2 SHOTS) 0.28 3. SV HUTU MEN CARRYING DEAD BODY OUT OF HOUS
- Embargoed: 17th November 1995 12:00
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- Location: BUJUMBURA AND BUYENZI, BURUNDI
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- Country: Burundi
- Reuters ID: LVAX1CT2VWDYVBL2LYN3KNOIEF0
- Story Text: At least 14 people, including two Hutu children, were killed and dozens wounded in Burundi on Friday (November 3) when gunmen tossed grenades and fired into civilian homes in the central district of Buyenzi and set buildings ablaze.
Aid officials estimated that between 2,000 and 3,000 people had fled eastwards from the southeastern Bujumbura suburb of Kanyosha during clashes between Tutsis and Hutus on Wednesday and Thursday in the Buyenzi neighbourhood.
Violence in the strife-torn Central African country is due to clashes between Tutsi militiamen who dominate the army and Hutu guerrillas, with civilians and refugees caught in the middle.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said deliveries of drinking water to 100,000 people in Bubanza province north of the capital had been suspended since last Saturday when a tanker was damaged by an anti-personnel mine.
President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya said on Thursday he wanted to set up multi-ethnic armed forces under a peace plan and vowed to track down troops he blamed for killings last week.
The president's office accused the army of being responsible for the killing of at least 253 Hutu villagers in the northwest province of Ngozi last week. Aid officials said they saw 103 fresh graves but the army denied that any massacre took place.
More than 100,000 people have been killed in Burundi since president Melchior Ndadaye was killed by troops two years ago.
In neighbouring Rwanda up to one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed last year in a genocidal campaign led by the then Hutu government, army and militia.
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