Itsinda ry’abantu bitwaje intwaro bikekwa ko ryaturutse muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo ryagabye igitero ahitwa Ruhagarika mu Ntara ya Cibitoke mu Burundi, rihitana abantu 26, mu gihe abagera kuri barindwi bakomeretse.
Iki gitero cyagabwe mbere y’iminsi itanu ngo igihugu cyinjire mu matora ya referendum ashobora gufasha Perezida Nkurunziza Pierre gukomeza kuyobora igihugu kugeza mu 2034. Impirimbanyi za politiki zivuga ko cyaba gifitanye isano ya bugufi n’aya matora ateganyijwe ku wa 17 Gicurasi.
Minisitiri w’Umutekano mu Burundi, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, yatangaje ko abantu 24 bishwe basanzwe mu ngo zabo mu ijoro ryo ku wa Gatanu, abandi babiri bapfa bagejejwe mu bitaro.
Yagize ati “Abitwaje intwaro baturutse muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo bica abantu 26, banakomeretsa abandi barindwi, basubirayo.”
Umwe mu barokotse iki gitero utatangajwe amazina, yavuze ko “abakigabye bari bitwaje intwaro za gakondo n’imbunda binjiye mu nzu, zimwe barazitwika. Bamwe batemwe,abandi bararaswa, hari n’abatwitswe ari bazima.”
Umwe mu bategetsi bo mu nzego z’ibanze yabwiye AFP ko imiryango ine mu yagabweho igitero ari iy’abapolisi.
Yagize ati “Abo bicanyi baje ari kirimbuzi, bagenda urugo ku rundi, aho bageze bakabaca amajosi, abandi bakabahorahoza n’amasasu. Hari n’umuryango wose batwikiye mu nzu ari bazima.”
Perezida Pierre Nkurunziza, abinyujije ku rukuta rwa Twitter, yihanganishije imiryango y’abaguye muri iki gitero, anasaba Abarundi kurangwa n’ituze. Yavuze ko abakigabye bagomba gukurikiranwa bagahanwa.
Hari hashize iminsi Ingabo z’u Burundi zoherejwe hafi y’imipaka y’iki gihugu na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, mu rwego rwo kubuza ko hari ibitero by’inyeshyamba bishobora guturuka hanze bikarogoya ibikorwa by’amatora ya referendum.
Human Rights Watch iherutse kwikoma u Burundi ibushinja ko abasirikare babwo bakangisha abantu batazatora “Yego” muri Kamarampaka mu matora ateganyijwe ko bazicwa, abandi ngo bakaba banyweshwa itabi mu ruhame.
Perezidansi y’u Burundi kandi iherutse gusohora itegeko rigena igifungo kuva ku mwaka umwe kugeza ku myaka itatu ku muntu wese uzahirahira gukangurira Abarundi kwifata ntibajye mu bikorwa by’ayo matora.
Impuzamashyaka CNARED ihuriyemo imitwe ya Politiki itavuga rumwe na Leta y’u Burundi ikorera mu buhungiro, iherutse gukangurira Abarundi kutazitabira ayo matora yo igereranya no gushyingura Amasezerano y’Amahoro ya Arusha iki gihugu gisanzwe kigenderaho kuva mu mwaka wa 2006.
Perezida Nkurunziza ari ku butegetsi kuva mu 2005 ariko manda yatorewe mu 2015 yateje imvururu, aho abaturage barenga 1200 bishwe naho abasaga 400,000 bahungira mu bihugu by’ibituranyi birimo u Rwanda, Tanzania na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.