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Article: Heavy fighting kills 24 Hutu rebels in Burundi
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 25, 2002
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Heavy fighting kills 24 Hutu rebels in Burundi
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Around 24 Hutu rebels were
killed and three government soldiers were injured in a heavy
fighting near Burundi's capital of Bujumbura on Sunday, according to
reports reaching here.
The rebels from the Forces for National Liberation (FNL) began
attacks at 5 a.m. (03000 GMT) and the fighting continued into
afternoon, forcing civilians living in Gihosa, 4 km north of
Bujumbura, to flee their homes.
Two South African soldiers were wounded in the fighting and flown
home for emergency treatment, a spokesman with the South African
forces sent to protect Hutu politicians said.
The FNL, whose negotiators ...