Burundi arrests 4 former army officials in connection to assassination of former ruler

Burundi state prosecutor Sylvestre Nyandwi. He said on November 24, 2018, that four former military official had been arrested in connection to thee assassination of Burundi’s first democratically elected president Melchior Ndadaye. PHOTO | MOSES HAVYARIMANA | NMG

Burundian authorities have arrested four former military officials suspected of playing a role in the assassination of the country’s first democratically elected President Melchior Ndadaye in 1993.

State prosecutor Sylvestre Nyandwi on Saturday said prosecution had evidence that the four conspired to execute President Ndadaye.