Burundians have continued to protest against the third term bid of President Pierre Nkurunziza in the country's capital, Bujumbura. The latest in the deadly violence which started last month and aimed at rejecting the president's bid for a third term in office, is the launching of twin grenades into a crowd in Bujumbura, the nation's capital, on Friday. The attack was carried out by unidentified individuals,killing three people and injuring several others.
The attack, according to the Deputy police chief, General Godefroid Bizimana, was carried out with the intention to kill. "Those who did this had the intention to kill, because the grenades were thrown among women selling fruits, in a big crowd," he said.
France 24 reports that "thousands of anti-government protesters earlier battled police in the capital Bujumbura, defying one of the heaviest pushes by security forces to end weeks of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza."
The protesters who had promised to reinforce and come out en masse last week,shouted and blew whistles to try to encourage others to come out onto the streets. By late afternoon, thousands had answered the call. Some looted a beer truck as they celebrated, despite gunfire from police.
Meanwhile, protesters torched election materials in two separate attacks south of the capital, electoral commission spokesman Prosper Ntahorwmiye said, destroying voting booths and ballot boxes. "Everything was burned," Ntahorwmiye said.
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