克里敦促布隆迪停止暴力

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging all parties in Burundi to stop violence and instead begin dialogue to end what has been months of unrest in the country.

Kerry wrote on Twitter Sunday that the killing must end, including "disproportionate response by security services."

Earlier in the day, the State Department told U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to Burundi, and recommended that those already in the country leave as soon as possible as political violence persists.

More than 80 people were killed Friday when armed attackers raided army facilities in the capital, Bujumbura. Among the dead were eight security officers and scores of assailants, according to an army spokesman.

The unrest began in April when the president announced he would seek a third term. Critics said he was violating the constitution's two-term limit as well as an agreement that ended Burundi's 12-year civil war.美國國務卿克里敦促布隆迪各方停止暴力，展開對話，以結束布隆迪數月來的動亂局面。

克里星期日在推特上寫道，必須停止殺戮，包括“安全機構的過度反應”。

星期日早些時候，美國國務院告誡美國公民避免前往布隆迪，並建議目前已在布隆迪的美國公民，鑑於當地政治暴力持續，應儘快離開布隆迪。

軍方發言人說，武裝分子上星期五襲擊首都布瓊布拉的軍用設施，造成80多人死亡，其中包括八名安全部隊軍人和數十名襲擊者。

布隆迪局勢動亂始於今年4月，當時布隆迪總統宣佈將尋求第三次連任。批評人士說，他這種做法違反了有關總統任期限於兩屆的憲法規定以及結束布隆迪12年內戰的協議。