41.   Police searched the area but found no trace of the armed assailants.

42.   Radio Burundi did not provide any further details on the incidents saying only that those who died overnight Monday were killed by armed assailants in the province of Muyinga.

43.   The armed assailants also looted several shops before fleeing the village, residents said.

44.   The kidnapping of the officers came a day after a column of Russian interior ministry vehicles was attacked by armed assailants.