An unidentified gunman Thursday evening shot dead two persons at Gihosha in the north of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, Burundian Police Spokesman said Friday.<\/p>\n
“An unidentified gunman yesterday (Thursday) evening broke out in a compound at Gihosha, shooting dead two persons and leaving a Kalashnikov gun that he used to commit the murder and a bag in which he had hidden the gun at the scene of the crime,” said Burundian Police Spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye.<\/p>\n
According to him, both the victims were visitors.<\/p>\n
One of the victims was a man aged 51 and the other was a ten-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
“The killer ran away after the crime, but police agents are looking for him,” said Nkurikiye.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Burundian lawmaker at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and former minister Hafsa Mossi was killed by unidentified gunmen in the same neighborhood of Gihosha.<\/p>\n
Insecurity has risen again while a three-day dialogue between Burundians ended Thursday in Arusha, Tanzania to seek ways of ending a year-long crisis hitting Burundi.<\/p>\n
Burundi has suffered turmoil since April last year when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term, which he later won.<\/p>\n
Opponents say the president\u2019s move violates the constitution, and mounted waves of protests.
\nOver 451 people are said to have been killed in violence.<\/p>\n