Summary
Burundi police said they had shot dead five "insurgents" who hurled grenades at a patrol Wednesday, with witnesses saying the suspects were lined up and executed.
After shootings and grenade blasts overnight in the capital Bujumbura Tuesday, in which a police officer and a civilian were killed, the latest of near daily gun battles saw a group of men attack a police patrol Wednesday, according to police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye.
Burundi's government blames the attacks on "armed criminals", but the United Nations has warned that Burundi risks sliding back into civil war as violence continues.
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