Gitega : a police officer found dead

The body of first police sergeant Major Lionel Bizoza, 34 years old, was found in the morning of Sunday, June 23, in the Karonga stream located in Rukoba village in Gitega district and province (central Burundi). According to witnesses, the body was lying next to a motorcycle. Some believe he died in a traffic accident, but others say he was killed and that the accident is a pretext to falsify investigations.

INFO SOS Médias Burundi

It is passers-by who first saw the body of this judicial police officer lying next to the motorcycle. Information confirmed by Modeste Ngendakumana, Rukoba village chief. He assumes the victim died in a driving accident.

According to the same source, the body rests in the morgue of the regional hospital of Gitega (political capital) while the motorcycle is at the provincial police station.

Other sources say that Lionel Bizoza was killed but that the perpetrators of the crime faked an accident to distort the investigations.

The first police sergeant major Lionel Bizoza was from Buzunza village ll in the district and province of Bururi (southern Burundi).

At least four bodies have been discovered in Gitega province since last April, according to a count by SOS Médias Burundi.

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The body of first police sergeant major Lionel Bizoza lying next to his motorcycle, June 23, 2023