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...ominous spasms of bloodshed erupted in the capital as well as the Majuri refugee camp near the town of Ngozi, where armed men killed 12 Rwandan Hutu and wounded 22 last Monday. That attack, presumably carried out by Tutsi militiamen, followed a week of ethnic cleansing in the capital, Bujumbura: bands of Tutsi swept through mixed neighborhoods, driving out members of the other tribal group, fighting with Hutu militia, shooting stragglers, burning houses and shops. Families were shot in the street and left to die; mothers came home to murdered children...
...ethnic violence threatens toduplicate last year's massive slaughter in Rwanda. Dozens -- possibly hundreds -- of people died last week in the latest conflagration in the 18-month civil war between majority Hutus and minority Tutsis. This morning, 15 relatives of U.S. diplomats flew to Brussels from Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, along with more than 250 others. The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, said it might send troops to Burundi if the situation deteriorates and threatened extremists on both sides with a war crimes tribunal for committing atrocities. "I don't think the international community can afford anothersituation like there...
...capital of Kigali had not fallen to the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan | Patriotic Front on July 4. The victory emboldened Burundi's Tutsi opposition to make more demands, creating a dangerous stalemate. "There is a government, but the whole structure is weak and barely functioning," says a Western diplomat in Bujumbura. "There are 27 ministers, 11 of whom are from the opposition. There is an interim President afraid of his own shadow." The Tutsi-dominated military hovers in the background, alert for an opportunity to take power. And more than 230,000 Hutu refugees from Rwanda complicate any attempts to govern...
...caretaker leader Sylvestre Ntibantunganya attempts to placate the Tutsi opposition and restless army, his perceived weakness has encouraged violence from extremists on both sides. Since the failed coup, neighborhoods in Bujumbura have split into ethnic enclaves where residents are forced to travel through enemy territory to go to work or shop. Buses had to be hired to move people around safely. Ethnic violence this month alone has left nearly 20 dead, including a United Nations staff member...
...protesting the arrest of an opposition leader jailed for inciting riots, Tutsi youths in Bujumbura organized a general strike and set up barricades of burning tires to prevent people from going to work. Quiet returned to the city a few days later but was quickly broken when grenades were lobbed into crowds. Hutu extremist groups, newly armed with Rwandan weapons coming into Burundi from Zaire, have reorganized to mount counterattacks...