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Burundi arrests suspects in president ally’s killing

A mourner holds a portrait of Burundian General Adolphe Nshimirimana during a vigil in Bujumbura on August 9, 2015. (PHOTO: AFP)

Burundi's prosecutor on Sunday said the killers of a powerful general loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza had been identified and "a certain number" had been arrested.

General Adolphe Nshimirimana, widely seen as Burundi's de-facto internal security chief, was killed in a rocket attack on August 2.

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