185 More Civilians Killed in Fighting
From Times Wire Reports
At least 185 civilians have been killed in southern Burundi in the past two weeks, villagers said, accusing the army of murdering most of them. The army vigorously denied that it had killed civilians and blamed ethnic Hutu rebels for the attack. The killings, in the southern province of Makamba, coincided with the resumption of peace talks aimed at ending Burundi’s five-year ethnic conflict. About 150,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since 1993.
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