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School children arrested in Burundi for defacing pictures of President Pierre Nkurunziza

Eleven high school students in a city in central Burundi were detained and charged on Friday with defacing a photo of President Pierre Nkurunziza, a police official said, as three people were shot and injured in a protest at the arrests.

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