A presidential spokesman says a former Burundi intelligence chief has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Bujumbura.

Willy Nyamitwe told The Associated Press Sunday that Gen. Adolphe Nshimirimana, a key security ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza, was killed early Sunday when men in a car shot at him and his bodyguards while traveling in the Kamenge neighborhood.

Nyamitwe said the attackers also lobbed a grenade into Nshimirimana's vehicle. He said the general later died from his wounds.

Bujumbura has been wracked by violence since April when it was revealed that the president would seek a third term.

source http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/02/top-burundi-general-assassinated-in-capital-official-says/