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BUJUMBURA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Burundian citizens on Monday commemorated the anniversary of the death of former President Cyprien Ntaryamira, who was killed 26 years ago in a plane crash.
Burundian leaders, including President Pierre Nkurunziza, and Ntaryamira's family also attended a ceremony to commemorate the late president, who died at the age of 39.
On April 6, 1994, Ntaryamira died with then Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana when the Rwandan presidential jet they were boarding was downed near the Kigali International Airport.
Ntaryamira was a farming engineer and ruled Burundi for only two months after being sworn in as president of the then transitional government.
