10:25 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nArsonists have set ablaze a pineapple farm owned by Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, officials say.<\/p>\n
The fire partially damaged the farm in the south-eastern Musongati area, they say.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Prime Ndikumagenge in the capital, Bujumbura, says there have been several grenade and gun attacks in Burundi since Sunday.<\/p>\n
The government blames the attacks on bandits, but many people are worried that a rebellion has resumed, he says.<\/p>\n
About 300,000 people were killed in Burundi’s 12-year civil war, which ended in 2005.<\/p>\n
Tensions resurfaced during elections last year, with the opposition claiming the polls were marred by arrests, intimidation and vote-rigging.<\/p>\n
Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa withdrew from the presidential race and fled the country.<\/p>\n
Mr Nkurunziza was the sole candidate in the poll.<\/p>\n
Our reporter says that shortly before Mr Nkurunziza’s farm was attacked, a school teacher who belonged to the ruling party was shot dead nearby.<\/p>\n
He says grenade attacks have also taken place in south-west Burundi, and vehicles ambushed in the north.<\/p>\n
The violence has killed at least six people, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
No group has said it is responsible for the attacks.<\/p>\n
Mr Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader from the majority Hutu ethnic group, took office in 2005 after a peace agreement with the Tutsi-dominated army.<\/p>\n
Mr Rwasa – a hardline Hutu – initially refused to lay down arms.<\/p>\n
He later formed a political party and signed a peace deal with Mr Nkurunziza’s government in 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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