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| Burundi general shot dead dropping child off at school | Burundi general shot dead dropping child off at school |
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| A security adviser to Burundi's vice-president has been shot dead while dropping off his daughter at school. | |
| General Athanase Kararuza and his wife died instantly, while their daughter was injured. No group has said it was behind the attack in the capital. | General Athanase Kararuza and his wife died instantly, while their daughter was injured. No group has said it was behind the attack in the capital. |
| More than 400 people have been killed in unrest since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term last April. | More than 400 people have been killed in unrest since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term last April. |
| A string of high-ranking army officials have been targeted during the conflict. | A string of high-ranking army officials have been targeted during the conflict. |
| Security forces have also been accused of killing opponents and dumping them in mass graves by rights group Amnesty International. | Security forces have also been accused of killing opponents and dumping them in mass graves by rights group Amnesty International. |
| Shortly after the attack in Bujumbura, the International Criminal Court announced that it was starting a preliminary investigation into the violence in Burundi. | |
| This will decide whether a full-blown investigation will take place, which could result in charges against those accused of being behind the violence. | This will decide whether a full-blown investigation will take place, which could result in charges against those accused of being behind the violence. |
| BBC Great Lakes reporter Robert Misigaro says the killing is a blow for President Nkurunziza because it shows that he cannot guarantee the safety of his officers. | BBC Great Lakes reporter Robert Misigaro says the killing is a blow for President Nkurunziza because it shows that he cannot guarantee the safety of his officers. |
| On Sunday the Minister for Human Rights Martin Nivyabandi survived a grenade attack as he was coming out of church. | On Sunday the Minister for Human Rights Martin Nivyabandi survived a grenade attack as he was coming out of church. |
| Although both opposition and government forces are ethnically mixed, some fear that the violence could descend into a repeat of the genocidal killings which the country has previously experienced. | Although both opposition and government forces are ethnically mixed, some fear that the violence could descend into a repeat of the genocidal killings which the country has previously experienced. |
| President Nkurunziza is the former leader of a Hutu rebel group which battled a Tutsi-dominated army for many years until he came to power in 2005 as part of a peace deal. | President Nkurunziza is the former leader of a Hutu rebel group which battled a Tutsi-dominated army for many years until he came to power in 2005 as part of a peace deal. |
| The African Union had said it would send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to the country even if the government did not accept it but it has since back-tracked. | The African Union had said it would send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to the country even if the government did not accept it but it has since back-tracked. |
| Timeline: Chaos in Burundi | Timeline: Chaos in Burundi |