Nkurunziza said in an speech on Wednesday that his next term would be his last if elected. He spoke after a constitutional court ruled that he was could run again because his first term, when he was picked by parliament not elected, did not count.
Red Cross says one dead on Thursday, in latest Burundi protests
BUJUMBURA, May 7 (Reuters) - One civilian was killed and nine others were injured on Thursday in Burundi's capital, the Red Cross said, in demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term which protesters say violates the constitution.
"The report we got this morning was that, so far, we have got nine people wounded and one person killed," Burundi Red Cross spokesman Alexis Manirakiza told Reuters. He described them as civilians.
(Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Edith Honan)
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