BUJUMBURA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Seven workers died from electrocution on Tuesday in eastern Burundi when they were installing electrical poles, authorities said.
The incident happened Tuesday morning in a village in Gisuru district, Buhumuza province, when a pole "came into contact with uninsulated high-voltage power lines," said Pierre Nkurikiye, spokesman of the Burundian Ministry of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security.
All the victims were from the neighboring zone of Nyabitare, in the same district of Gisuru, the spokesman said. ■