Death toll in Burundi gun attack rises to 36

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Gunmen who stormed a bar in  Burundi killed at least 36 people and the central African  country’s president promised those behind the attack would be  brought to justice.   
Residents had initially estimated the death toll from the  Sunday night attack at 21.   
“The persons who were brutally assassinated were our  brothers and sisters,” President Pierre Nkurunziza said.   
“I promise that those criminals will be arrested and brought  to justice,” he told a crowd at the scene in the town of  Gatumba, outside the capital Bujumbura.