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Burundi: 1 more killed bringing death toll to 15 in protests over president's 3rd term bid

Associated Press
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    A bus burns after being set on fire by demonstrators in the Ngagara district of Bujumbura, Burundi Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A crowd who were marching to the funeral of a woman who died in recent protests were blocked from doing so by police, and the crowd then set fire to a bus and government car and motorcycle. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza) (The Associated Press)

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    Demonstrators smash the windows of a bus before burning it in the Ngagara district of Bujumbura, Burundi Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A crowd who were marching to the funeral of a woman who died in recent protests were blocked from doing so by police, and the crowd then set fire to a bus and government car and motorcycle. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza) (The Associated Press)

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    A bus burns after being set on fire by demonstrators in the Ngagara district of Bujumbura, Burundi Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A crowd who were marching to the funeral of a woman who died in recent protests were blocked from doing so by police, and the crowd then set fire to a bus and government car and motorcycle. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza) (The Associated Press)

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A Burundi official says one more demonstrator was killed Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 15 in continuing protests in the capital over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office.

Government administrator Pauline Ruratotoye also said a policewoman was among those injured in the violence. More than 220 have been injured in the protests, which are now in their third week.

The latest violence comes on the eve of an East African Community meeting in Tanzania to discuss Burundi's violence.

The top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has travelled to the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam to participate in the emergency ministerial meeting on the situation in Burundi, according to a statement from the State Department.