Burundi has recorded the worst outbreak of violence in its capital Bujumbura since the failed coup in May this year.
The ethnic clashes over the weekend left dead bodies littered on the streets of the city.
Blasts and gunfire echoed around Bujumbura for most of Friday, after unknown gunmen attacked three military sites.
And the day after, scores of dead bodies littered the streets of the city following the outbreak of violence which has gone down in history as the worst, since a failed coup in May.
A total of eighty seven people were killed, including four police officers and four soldiers.
The clashes were condemned by the United States, which like other Western powers fear the Central African nation could slide back into ethnic conflict.
Unrest in Burundi, started in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced plans to stand for a third term in office.
Residents said some of their loved ones were killed by the police, an allegation the police denied.
Army spokesman Gaspard Baratuza said the “sweep operation” has been completed and confirmed fatalities on both sides after the heavy fighting.
Burundi’s 12-year civil war, which ended in 2005, pitted rebel groups of the Hutu majority, including one led by Nkurunziza, against what was then an army led by the Tutsi minority.
And until now, battle lines in Burundi’s crisis have have been drown along the political divide.
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