Burundi: UN alarmed by the "deteriorating situation"

The United Nations again sounding the alarm. The High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights expressed concern Friday, October 23 the “rapid deterioration” of the situation in Burundi, reporting that at least 198 people have been killed there since late April. Among them, 63 died in the past three weeks.
“We are shocked by what happened October 13” in the Ngagara neighborhood in Bujumbura, said Rupert Colville, spokesman of the High Commissioner. That day, nine civilians were “summarily executed” by police belonging to the State Protection Services (API) during an operation launched after three police officers had been attacked by unidentified young people in the same
neighborhood, said the spokesman.
First aid worker killed since the beginning of the crisis
Among the civilian victims included a cameraman known to the Burundian state television, Nkezabahizi Christophe, his wife, their two children, and a member of the local team of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Evariste Mbonihankuye. “The cameraman and his family were ordered to leave their homes, were lined up and shot in cold blood,” said Rupert Colville.