Five people were killed in a gun and grenade attack in a district of Burundi's capital, police said.

    Tit-for-tat attacks between Nkurunziza's security forces and his opponents have escalated since April 2015 when he announced a disputed bid for a third term. He won re-election in July.

    Thursday night's attack struck a bar in Bujumbura's Musaga neighbourhood, where protests were held against the president last year, said deputy police spokesman .

    Among the dead were a three-year old child and an unarmed soldier who was in civilian clothes, he said. The United Nations said more than 400 people have been killed since last April and close to 260,000 have fled the country

Source: QNA