Burundi police say 450 people killed in political violence in past year


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 May 2016

NAIROBI (Reuters) - More than 450 people have been killed in Burundi in unrest that began a year ago, the police said in a report on the crisis that has raised fears of a return to the ethnically charged violence of civil war.

"The report at the disposal of police shows that 451 people have been killed since the start of the crisis, including 77 police officers and 374 civilians," the police said.

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