Burundi plead guilty to involvement in the failed coup

3,342 views · Published 6 January 2016 · 0:42 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: CGTN Africa · 2016 · News & Politics

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Former Burundi defence minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye and four other defendants have pleaded guilty to involvement in a failed coup last May during a trial of 28 police and military figures. Ndayirukiye, who was number two among the coup plotters, two other army generals and two police commissioners cited the violent repression of anti-government protests to justify their attempted takeover of power.

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