Nairobi, Kenya : At least a dozen people were wounded today when attackers hurled grenades in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, the latest in a string of attacks in the troubled central African nation, witnesses said.
Three grenades were thrown by men on a motorbike in the symbolic heart of the city, while two other blasts were reported in a northern suburb, according to witnesses and a journalist group, SOS Medias Burundi.
A young child was killed, according to SOS Medias Burundi, who issued a photograph of the alleged victim, a small corpse covered by a blanket lying on the street.
Security forces, rebels and opposition all blame the other for killings.
Burundi plunged into crisis in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for and won a controversial third term, sparking street protests, a failed coup, regular killings and a nascent rebellion.
"We do not know what is going on. but it is clear they want to terrorise us. I heard three grenade explosions and here, near the central roundabout, there were several wounded," said one witness, who asked not to be named.
The rebels formed the force "to protect the population" and uphold the Arusha Agreement that paved the way to the end of the country's 1993-2006 civil war -- an accord they say Nkurunziza violated by his third term in power.
Three grenades were thrown by men on a motorbike in the symbolic heart of the city, while two other blasts were reported in a northern suburb, according to witnesses and a journalist group, SOS Medias Burundi.
A young child was killed, according to SOS Medias Burundi, who issued a photograph of the alleged victim, a small corpse covered by a blanket lying on the street.
Security forces, rebels and opposition all blame the other for killings.
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Burundi plunged into crisis in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for and won a controversial third term, sparking street protests, a failed coup, regular killings and a nascent rebellion.
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"We do not know what is going on. but it is clear they want to terrorise us. I heard three grenade explosions and here, near the central roundabout, there were several wounded," said one witness, who asked not to be named.
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The rebels formed the force "to protect the population" and uphold the Arusha Agreement that paved the way to the end of the country's 1993-2006 civil war -- an accord they say Nkurunziza violated by his third term in power.
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