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Paul Njie Rwanda's government has denied accusations that it armed a rebel group alleged to have carried out a grenade attack that wounded dozens in Burundi's economic hub, Bujumbura, last Friday.
BBC News At least 38 people were injured in the attack, Pierre Nkurikiye, the spokesperson for Burundi's interior ministry said.
"These terrorists were recruited, trained and even equipped with weapons in Rwanda and by Rwanda," Mr Nkurikiye added.
Chad’s interim Prime Minister Succès Masra says he has filed Rwanda's government dismissed the allegations on Sunday, saying Rwanda "has absolutely no connection" with the attack and had "no reason to be involved" in it.
a petition at the Constitutional Council challenging the preliminary results of "We call on Burundi to solve its own internal problems
last week's presidential election. and not associate Rwanda with such despicable matters," the statement by the
It office of the government spokesperson added.
comes as he considers himself the actual winner of the polls instead of his Red Tabara, the group accused of executing the grenade attack, has also denied responsibility, saying it "does not attack innocent civilians".
boss General Mahamat Déby, who was declared winner with 61% of the vote. Relations between Rwanda and neighbouring Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo have become strained in recent years, with both neighbours accusing Rwanda of funding rebel attacks in their countries.
“With Rwanda has repeatedly denied these allegations.
the help of our lawyers, today we submitted a request to the Constitutional
Council to reveal the truth of the ballot boxes,” Mr Masra announced in a social media post on Sunday.
The
opposition figure and his Transformers’ party say the results should be
annulled, alleging that ballot boxes were stuffed, while others were carried
away by soldiers to be counted elsewhere.
Some opposition members were arrested and Mr Masra
and his supporters threatened, the party added.
However, Mr Masra reiterated his call for his followers to remain “peaceful for the love of
our country”, insisting that “the change you want to see cannot happen in a
destroyed country”.
He had earlier urged them to mobilise and hold peaceful
demonstrations to defend their votes.
The Constitutional Council is set to decide in the coming days whether to
uphold the preliminary results or annul them as requested by Mr Masra and
Yacine Abdramane Sakine, another candidate who lost the election.
Even
though the council is yet to confirm Mr Déby as Chad's new
president, some heads of state such as Nigeria's Bola Tinubu and Guinea
Bissau's Umaro Sissoco Embalo have already congratulated the military leader.
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