Burundian Water and Environment Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru Assassinated in Bujumbura
Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundi water, environment and planning minister has been shot dead in the capital Bujumbura, Police spokesperson and public information officer, Pierre Nkurikiye has said in a tweet, early Sunday on January 1, 2017. According to the sources in Bujumbura, Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru was killed shortly after midnight, a moment into the new year.
"Minister of water and environment killed with a pistol on his way home to Rohero, around 00:45 ... a woman who was with him was detained for further investigations, " Pierre Nkurikiye tweeted.