Former Burundi Minister, Hafsa Mossi Assasinated

Former Burundian government minister and spokeswoman,

Hafsa Mossi, was assassinated in the country's capital,

Bujumbura today July 13th.
Burundian police spokesperson, Pierre Nkurikiye, who confirmed the incident on twitter said

“Hon. Mossi assassinated 10.30 in Gihosha in the east

of Bujumbura by two criminals in a vehicle,”

Narrating what happened, a close relative said

“She was inside her car near her home when a tinted

car knocked her from behind. She went out to see

what happened and was shot twice”.

Mossi was Burundi’s information minister and government

spokeswoman between 2005-2007, and was, at the time of

her death, a member of the East African Legislative

Assembly. Said to be in her 50s, Mossi was a trained

journalist.