BUJUMBURA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Four people including a gunman were killed on Friday night in western Burundi, an official said on Saturday.
Four gunmen believed to be bandits ambushed people who were coming from a marketplace during heavy rain at Ruzibazi village, Mukike district in the province of Bujumbura, administrator of Mukike district Renovat Nimubona told Xinhua on phone.
The gunmen took their money and killed a man doing cattle business at a cattle market in Rzibazi vilage, said Nimubona, adding that they then attacked a bar in the village, killing two persons including the bar owner and a client.
A soldier in the bar shot at the gunmen and killed one of the attackers, he said.
He added that the gunmen took money from the bar owner and customers who were in the bar before escaping.
Nimubona said one gunman were arrested on Saturday and was identified as a former inmate who had been released recently from prison.
