Grenade kills eight in northern Burundi bar
9 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on July 01, 2015 shows Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza (C) arriving in a car for celebrations of the country's 53rd Independence Anniversary at Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura. Burundi's ruling party is dragging the country ever closer to violent dictatorship, a coalition of human rights groups said in a report on July 4. The tiny central African state was plunged into a deep and sometimes violent political crisis in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his intention to run for a controversial third term which he went on to win. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI
A hand grenade blast killed at least eight people and wounded about 60 others in a bar at Shinya in northern Burundi, local officials and police said Monday.