Grenade Blasts, Gunshots Heard in Burundi Capital Ahead of Poll Results

At least two policemen were injured during a grenade attack in Burundi's capital on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the country awaited results from Monday's parliamentary election which was boycotted by the opposition. Sporadic gunfire could also be heard in several other flashpoint districts in Bujumbura, marring celebrations marking the Independence Day holiday in the former Belgian colony in east Africa. Burundi has been locked in its worst political crisis since its civil...

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