UN employee killed in Burundi violence

November 10, 2015 01:04

A UN employee was among seven people killed in Burundi at the weekend by armed men dressed in police uniform, the UN spokesman said today.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killings on Saturday in a Bujumbura bar and called for a full investigation.

"Preliminary reports suggest that the attack was conducted by persons in police uniform," said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

The UN staff member, who was a Burundian national, was working for the UN Development Program.

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