By Updater
According to Iwacu-Burundi, it was around 7 p.m. this Friday, May 10, in the parking lot of buses serving the Gasenyi district when detonations rang out followed by shots.
According to witnesses, there were deaths and around ten injured. According to several testimonies, there were moans and screams of people writhing in pain among these wounded. Most were evacuated to different hospitals in Bujumbura.
According to these same witnesses, the police fired into the air to disperse thousands of people who were waiting in line waiting for buses. She even made a few arrests.
Friday evening, it was a rush around the old central market of Bujumbura, people running in all directions: “We quickly closed our stands and ran away. The few buses and taxis were quickly mobbed and took off with a bang. »