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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - A Burundi court sentenced four former high-ranking security and prison officials to death after they and nine others were convicted in the 2001 killing of a World Health Organization official — a slaying the defense claimed was ordered by the former president.
The court on Tuesday sentenced the other nine to terms ranging from two years to life for the killing of WHO representative Kassi Manlan, said Burundi's chief prosecutor, Gerard Ngendabanka.
In Geneva, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib declined Wednesday to comment on the verdict but said of the slaying: "For WHO, it was a big loss. It was a shock for us to see him murdered."
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