Summary Tensions remained high in the area, with protestors arming themselves with sticks and batons
BUJUMBURA (AFP) - At least one person was killed and three wounded in Burundi on Thursday in a fresh outbreak of clashes between demonstrators and police, witnesses said.
A small group of protestors clashed with government supporters, thought to be members of the ruling party s militia, in the Kinama district of the capital Bujumbura.
Police opened fire on the demonstrators, killing one with a bullet to the head and wounding three others, AFP reporters witnessed.
Tensions remained high in the area, with protestors arming themselves with sticks and batons.
Over a dozen people have been killed and scores wounded since late April, when the ruling CNDD-FDD nominated President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for reelection, triggering daily protests.
Opposition parties and civil society groups say Nkurunziza s third-term quest violates both the constitution, which limits a president to two terms in office, and the accords that ended a 13-year civil war between Tutsis and Hutus in 2006.
On Wednesday Nkurunziza insisted he would run for a third term, defying international pressure.
