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Rwanda’s president has accused Burundi’s leaders of
killing their own people as human-rights activists
accuse security forces of killing 11 people over the
weekend. Paul Kagame’s comments could cause
tensions between the neighbouring countries to rise.
Aljazeera reports:
He made them after Burundi’s president,
Pierre Nkurunziza, repeatedly accused
Rwanda of precipitating violence and
instability in Burundi. “Are these leaders or
what who kill their own people from morning
to evening, dump them on the street and in
streams and then stand up and start
accusing Rwanda?” Kagame said in a speech
that was released on Sunday.
Activists said about 200 people have been
killed in Burundi since April when Nkurunziza
announced his intention to seek a third term,
which his critics said was
unconstitutional. Nkurunziza, however, went
on to win an election boycotted by the
opposition in July. The latest violence
occurred on Saturday night in Bujumbura
when nine people were executed at a bar,
human rights groups said.
It was not clear who the assailants were,
witnesses said, but the killings occurred as a
deadline given by Nkurunziza for “criminals”
to surrender illegal firearms or be treated as
enemies of state approached.
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