/ 13 October 1999

NINE KILLED IN BURUNDI

NINE people including two expatriate United Nations workers were killed by rebels on Tuesday in Burundi’s southern province of Rutana, Burundian army spokesman Colonel Longin Minani said. Those killed in a camp for “regrouped” civilians in Muzie included the representative for Burundi of the UN’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a World Food Programme staffer. A soldier, a Burundian businessman and five civilians were also killed.