{At least eight people including two policemen were injured in a grenade explosion that happened Monday afternoon at Musaga in the south of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, witnesses told Xinhua after the incident.}<\/p>\n
\u201cAn unidentified man blasted a grenade on a group of persons near a bridge between the Second Avenue and the Third Avenue at Musaga at 16:15 (14:15 GMT). Eight persons were injured and two of them were policemen,\u201d said witnesses.<\/p>\n
According to them, two of the victims were \u201cseriously injured\u201d and one of them was a schoolchild.
\nThey also said that the attacker ran away after blasting the grenade.<\/p>\n
Musaga is a neighborhood that was very active during protests against the third term bid of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza since late April.<\/p>\n
Since the controversial re-election of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza for a third term in office on July 21, more than ten people were killed in the east African country\u2019s capital Bujumbura alone in post-election violence. Enditem<\/p>\n
Source: Xinhua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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