21.   They said they saw the fighters being transported in Burundian army vehicles.

22.   However, the Burundian army has denied the accusations.

23.   However, the Burundian army denied the accusations.

24.   However there is strong opposition to the deployment, notably within the Tutsi-dominated Burundian army.

25.   Hutu armed bands, coming in many cases from refugee camps in eastern Zaire, regularly attack patrols of the Burundian army.

26.   Hutu armed bands, coming in many cases from refugee camps in eastern Zaire, regularly attack positions or patrols of the Burundian army.

27.   Hutu rebels at war with the Burundian army have alleged that the troops have been receiving support from their Rwandan counterparts.

28.   It was not the first time the Burundian army has been accused of massacring returning Hutu refugees.

29.   It admitted that a French gendarmerie officer was acting as a liaison with the Burundian army unit in a police training program.

30.   A Burundian army spokesman on Tuesday reported the attack and said it might have been linked to the fighting in Zaire.