Attackers wound senior Burundi army officer

A senior army officer was wounded in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Burundi at the weekend on his way to the capital, witnesses said yesterday, the latest in a series of shootings targeting top officials. Violence has racked Burundi since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term in office and […]

A senior army officer was wounded in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Burundi at the weekend on his way to the capital, witnesses said yesterday, the latest in a series of shootings targeting top officials.
Violence has racked Burundi since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term in office and then went on to win a disputed election in July.
In the latest incident late on Saturday, Colonel Serges Kabanyura, the military commander for one of five regions of Burundi who previously served in a brigade protecting the president, was injured with five soldiers, a soldier who witnessed the attack told Reuters.
“About five persons armed with rifles and dressed in military uniforms stopped us while heading to Bujumbura. When they saw that we were soldiers they shot at us injuring five of us and, as we shot back, they fled,” said the soldier.
Two other soldiers from the scene gave similar accounts.
The army spokesman could not be reached for comment.