BURUNDI – The wife of prominent Burundian opposition politician Agathon Rwasa has been shot and wounded at a hair salon in the capital, Bujumbura.
Mr Rwasa accused the government of attempting to assassinate his wife. It has not commented on the allegation.
Tensions have been rising in Burundi ahead of elections in May and June.
Mr Rwasa said at a press conference that his wife was being treated for head injuries at a local hospital, and her condition was not critical.
He would not be intimidated by Sunday’s shooting, he added.
Mr Rwasa accused the government of compiling a hit list of people to be targeted in the run-up to parliamentary elections in May and presidential elections in June.
Police said they were investigating the attack.
Witnesses were quoted in the local media as saying that Mrs Haberisoni’s life was probably saved by her hair dresser who saw the gunman taking aim and pushed her out of the way.
Mr Rwasa is a former rebel leader and an influential member of the opposition Forces for National Liberation (FNL) party.
He came out of hiding in 2013 and said he would contest this year’s election. President Pierre Nkurunziza has not yet indicated whether he will step down or run for a third term.
He took office in 2005 following the end of a 12-year civil war, which killed more than 300,000 people. BBC
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1.HH lacks experience.He has no idea at all on how govts are run.
2.HH is arogant
3.Zambians hate him thats why he harg been failing the elections 4 times.
4.He is a satanist/
freemanson
5.He is boastiful
6.He is a thief
7.He is Tonga with a Tongash accent which is disgusting and annoying
8.He is a tribalist
9.He is an adulterer
10.He doernt listen to others
11.He has a know it all syndrome
12.He is a bitter person
13.He has no idea whatsoever on how to keep state secretes
14.He likes waffling
15.Alipukuta na mafi ya ngombe
16.He was born to be in opposition in his life time
One thing we are proud of as zambians is the relative peace we enjoy. That is why it personally annoys us and scares us when clueless lungu de decides to unleash the police on opposition leaders like he did to hh. We hope this country does not fall into lawlessness. It does not help when the economy is crashing and people are suffering. This is recipe for crime too. Vote upnd bane
One Zambia, One Nation.I am happy that my country has more than 73 tribes unlike Rwanda which has less than 3.So,tell those petty politicians that the Rwandan landscape is not applicable to ours.2016VOTEPF2016VOTEPF
we thank Ba sata for making our police force neutral unlike then wen mmd could send police forces to teargas and shoot demonstrators,without Ba sata akainde could have denounced Zambia as a christian nation, without an sata zamtel could have been gone foe good,what could have been sold next was zesco,I mean akainde already sold the mines,what else would have remained
Zamtel which has now got poor customer service records and is in financial woes? Neutral police when Edgar publicly called for the arrest of HH. Christian nation when the one that declared it christian was the shortest thief ever known to man, who stole millions meant to better you and I? Hakainde sold what government owned? Kiki how can some one come to you and say am selling your trouser whether you like it or not kiki. DO you now see why I call you fools and empty containers?
Watch YouTube and hear the commentator failing to pronounce HH’s name. Hilarious! That’s more of a reason why he should never be president with that hopeless name
kiki how can some one watch youtube? Do you know how many videos of HH are on you tube? Muso please let us stick to debate on issues that will help that poorly governed country move forward. I am giving you facts and cleverly explained reasoning. Try that for once, lest I label you a fool.
Zero experience HH hahaha! Rejected 4 times what a loser. Even so deluded that he plans to stand in 2016 hoping that the tide will turn in his favour. Who is advising the clown? The circus needs UPND and HH for games and entertainment.
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Boy never knew retards scorn YouTube mmm. Oh I forgot retard center tsk tsk tsk. Mars calling all retards please report there asap for further assessment
NEZ’s problem is that he thinks the upnd is a popular party in zed. upnd is a regional party and no one region in zambia can rule single handedly the sooner this is appreciated the better. why do you want to force upnd on zambia when it is clear that they have nothing to offer. we have rejected upnd as zambians if you want go and rule on the ocean not zed.
anything that comes up you want to bring in upnd a party that will diminsih after 2016. zambia will further reject upnd in 2016 so that hh can retire from politics. zambia is a christian nation it does not matter who declared what matters is that the declaration came when he was president of the republic and it is correct in the sight of God not what NEZ and his upnd say.
In your head you have told yourself that UPND is a regional party and yet even an ignorant chap from shangombo could see that UPND garnered more votes in the so called PF strongholds than PF did inother strongholds. If you wont vote UPND do not say zambia will reject. You are not zambia and are probably just an insignificant little dot inzambia that does not even own a voters card. Meanwhile do yourself a favour and familiarise yourself with the UPND aims and plans by visiting our webiste.