Nairobi - Unknown gunmen on Friday killed the son-in-law of a prominent Burundian human rights activist who openly opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term in office, a relative said.
The relative said the gunmen shot Pascal Nshirimana, son-in-law of Pierre Clave Mbonimpa, at around noon in the capital, Bujumbura.
Mbonimpa, who heads the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons (APRODH), was himself shot and wounded in August by gunmen on motorbikes, and is receiving treatment in Belgium.
“Two people on a motorbike shot at him (Nshirimana) and threw grenades as he was at the gate waiting for it to open. He died immediately,” the relative said.
“He was not a politician. He was just a businessman.”
The relative said Nshirimana's wife and two children were not in the country.
Reuters