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| Burundi: 4 soldiers, 10 rebels killed in fresh clashes |
| 2008-04-19 |
| (SomaliNet) The Burundi capital, Bujumbura was on Thursday night shelled by suspected rebels and an army spokesman says four soldiers and 10 rebels were killed in the clashes. The sound of explosion and gunfire could be heard throughout the night, a BBC correspondent in the city reported. The military's deputy spokesman Colonel Justace Ciza said the fighting had broken out in Bubanza, 50km (30 miles) north-west of the capital. "FNL rebels shelled mortar bombs and threw hand grenades on our different positions... but we retaliated," he said, Reuters reports. However, an rebel FNL spokesman said the army had started the fighting. Shortly before the shelling started, witnesses said they saw troops and armoured vehicles heading to the hillsides north of the capita. |
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