- Today the Chinese in Bujumbura are striking: the last three days several Chinese shops and bars have been attacked by gunmen and one Chinese has died during these attacks. Today they are protesting against this. But it is not only the Chinese who are victims of a high crime level at the moment; the country is getting less safer for all its inhabitants. There are more and more crimes every day and safety is rapidly getting less. Mobile phones and other valuables are stolen continuously, and the level of violence during these crimes is on the rise. Last weekend one of my friends has been shot down: he was walking home late at night and not even thirty meters away from his house he met thr…