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08/14/2004:

"Burundi Says Hutus Kill 159 in Refugee Camp"

Reuters
GATUMBA, Burundi (Reuters) - Hutu rebels and allied attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least 159 people in ``a plan of genocide'' at a camp for Tutsi Congolese refugees in western Burundi, the army said Saturday.

The Hutu Forces for National Liberation (FNL) claimed responsibility for Friday night's attack, saying they were aiming to hit a military target near the camp. Burundi has a military camp about 500 meters from the refugee camp.

But Burundi's army said the attack was deliberately aimed at killing the refugees at their camp and was not an attack on the military base. Six bodies of refugees who had been kidnapped and later killed were recovered near the camp, it said. full article