14 die in Burundi bus explosion

By IANS,

Bujumbura : At least 14 passengers were killed and four others seriously injured in an explosion in a bus in a village 70 km from the capital city of Bujumbura, Xinhua reported Wednesday.


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The incident happened Tuesday evening in this east African nation’s Muramvya province when a gas canister exploded in a minibus.

“The explosion occurred at the village of Rweteto in a passenger minibus which was coming from the capital Bujumbura and heading to the province of Ngozi (in north Burundi),” said Oscar Ndayiziga, governor of Muramvya province.

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