Six die in Burundi church massacre, two more killed in other attacks
RW | 17.06.2005 13:25 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | London | World
"The first criminal attack was committed in one church at Muhuta district where a group of FNL fighters fired in the church and killed six people including a pastor. They also injured seven others," [army spokesman] Manirakiza said.
He said the rebels shot dead a local government official and his brother and also kidnapped a policeman in the same district.
"We don't know yet why these people were killed, they may be executed because they refused to adhere to the FNL ideology, as the area where they have been killed is an FNL stronghold."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17246623.htm
As the international community holds out the offer of an amnesty for Burundi's killers ( http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314194.html), and in the same week that the Hutu-extremist FNL promised, yet again, to end their campaign of violence, they have attacked a church and massacred six more people.
"We don't know yet why these people were killed, they may be executed because they refused to adhere to the FNL ideology, as the area where they have been killed is an FNL stronghold."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17246623.htm As the international community holds out the offer of an amnesty for Burundi's killers (
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314194.html), and in the same week that the Hutu-extremist FNL promised, yet again, to end their campaign of violence, they have attacked a church and massacred six more people.
RW
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