BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Gunmen who stormed a bar in Burundi killed at least 36 people and the central African country’s president promised those behind the attack would be brought to justice.
Residents had initially estimated the death toll from the Sunday night attack at 21.
“The persons who were brutally assassinated were our brothers and sisters,” President Pierre Nkurunziza said.
“I promise that those criminals will be arrested and brought to justice,” he told a crowd at the scene in the town of Gatumba, outside the capital Bujumbura.
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