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Second day of protests in Burundi against president, activists say five dead


    BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Protesters demonstrated in Burundi for a second day on Monday after activists said at least five people were killed in unrest a day earlier sparked by the president's plan to run for a third term, a move critics say violates the constitution.

    "The fight continues," protesters chanted in the Musaga district of the capital Bujumbura. A Reuters witness saw about 200 people demonstrating and said tyres were being burned.

    Prominent activist Pierre Claver Mbonimpa said at least five people were killed in the capital on Sunday - three of them in protests and two more in an attack by the ruling party's youth wing. The police and officials had no immediate comment.

    (Reporting by Patrick Nduwimana; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Hugh Lawson)