Burundi Says Nine Die in Attack by Rwanda-Based RED-Tabara Group

Burundi’s government said a Rwanda-based group staged an attack on its territory on Sunday night, killing nine people, including six women and an army officer.

The members of the Resistance Movement for the Rule of Law, known by its French acronym RED-Tabara, were trained in Rwanda and crossed over the border into Democratic Republic of Congo and then into Burundi, where they went on the rampage, government spokesperson Jerome Niyonzima said in a statement. Burundi called on Rwanda to extradite those who masterminded the assault, he said. Rwanda has consistently denied backing the group.