Burundi grenade blasts kill five, health worker says


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  • Tuesday, 21 Sep 2021

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Explosions killed at least five people and injured 50 in Burundi's largest city Bujumbura on Monday night, a health worker told Reuters after the latest in a string of attacks in the east African country.

Two grenade explosions hit a bus parking lot in the city centre, according to seven eyewitnesses, while a third blast hit Jabe market in the Bwiza neighbourhood, according to another witness.

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