Violent clashes between police and people demonstrating
against president, as regional leaders and senior US diplomat meet in Tanzania
to press for end to crisis
Protesters attack a female police
officer accused of shooting a protestor in the Buterere neighbourhood of
Bujumbura, Burundi Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A
policewoman was beaten and dragged along the road for allegedly being among a
group of blue-clad officers who opened fire on protesters as regional leaders
met in Tanzania
to try and forge peace in the electoral crisis.
She
was accused of being part of the group officers that opened fire on a crowd
with live ammunition as well as deploying tear gas. Source from REUTERS.BY
Kimena Nuhu.
