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38 killed, 69 injured in Burundi prison fire

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At least 38 inmates killed and 69 injured following a fire outbreak at a prison in Burundi’s capital Gitega on December 7, 2021. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  MOSES HAVYARIMANA

At least 38 inmates have been killed and 69 injured following a fire outbreak at a prison in Burundi’s capital Gitega early Tuesday morning. 

The fire razed Gitega’s central prison which sources say was holding more than one thousand inmates.

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