Burundi Arrests as Many as 21 in Security Crackdown in Capital
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Burundian authorities have detained at least 21 people in a security crackdown following frequent gunfire in the capital and the assassination of a close ally of the president, human rights campaigners said.
The suspects were arrested and taken to undisclosed locations as police conducted mostly night-time searches in Bujumbura since Sunday, said Anchaire Nikoyagize, president of Ligue Iteka, a group that deploys observers throughout the East African nation checking for human rights abuses. General Adolphe Nshimirimana was murdered Aug. 2 by unidentified gunmen.