{A Burundian official says a military officer was among four people killed in violence associated with the extended tenure of President Pierre Nkurunziza.}<\/p>\n
Deputy police spokesperson Moise Nkurunziza, who is not related to the president, said on Thursday that unknown gunmen ambushed Colonel Emmanuel Buzubona as he arrived home on a motorcycle in Bujumbura Wednesday evening<\/p>\n
Nkurunziza said the men shot at and threw a grenade at Buzubona, also killing the motorcycle’s driver. He said Buzubona was based in Tanzania and had come home for his annual vacation.<\/p>\n
Two armed men were shot and killed by the military in the Mugamba commune in the country’s south, he added.<\/p>\n
President Nkurunziza’s controversial third term has set off rounds of political violence in which more than 400 people have died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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