Nairobi: Families are fleeing their homes in Burundi’s capital over fears the government will unleash a fresh wave of bloodletting as part of a crackdown to stamp out resistance to the president.
International alarm has grown in advance of a deadline of midnight on Saturday for civilians to hand over weapons or face a new government crackdown, drawing warnings from the head of the UN, the US and the Hague-based International Criminal Court.
Fearing a fresh escalation of bloodshed, people on Sunday started leaving parts of Bujumbura that have seen the worst recent violence.
7 killed in Burundi bar attack as police launch weapon raids
Nairobi: Gunmen executed at least seven people in Burundi's capital hours hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons on Sunday, amid international fears of fresh bloodletting in the central African nation.