Gunmen Execute 9 in Burundi Capital as Police Launch Crackdown on ‘Enemies of Government’

Highlights Burundi police on Sunday 8th November, 2015 launched house-to-house searches for weapons from gunmen. Sunday, gunmen executed nine people in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. There are heightened international fears of fresh bloodletting in the central African nation. Burundi authorities launched a crackdown on illegal holders of arms after the government’s offer to surrender expired on Saturday 7th...