Battles in Burundi have killed at least seven people in 24 hours, with bodies found dumped on the street and insurgents hurling grenades into bars, local officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
Gunmen also ambushed a police patrol, the latest violence in now near daily gun battles.
Two people were killed and six wounded in a grenade blast in a bar in Mutimbuzi, some 10 kilometres east of the capital Bujumbura, on Tuesday night, senior local official Damien Barindambi said.
Another grenade attack, in Mugongo Manga, some 30kms east of the capital, wounded three people shortly after, officials there said.
Meanwhile in Bujumbura, the bodies of three youths were found early on Wednesday on the streets of the city’s Mutakura district, witnesses said, adding that with no blood seen, the corpses were likely dumped overnight.
Another was found elsewhere in the city.
Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said a policeman was killed and three wounded by “terrorists” who hurled grenades before opening fire on the patrol on Tuesday night.
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