European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and St Hopes saturday september. 1987 Burundi Leader Heads Home Day after reported coup world today Nairobi Kenya a Burundi president Jean Bap list i Nga a arrived Here Friday in route to his Central african nation where mutinous soldiers said they had ousted him and installed a military Junta in his place. Ragaza was in Canada on thursday when radio Burundi broadcast a comm Niqui from inc Burundi army supreme office declaring army Mai. Pierre buy Oya to be the new Lead a. Or of a Junta called the military committee for National redemption Fiagaoa is relieved of his duties As head of stale parly and army the radio said. The statement gave no reason for the coup except to say the action were taken by your soldiers to go Thor with Burundi s Gallant Baump Tope considering the state of the Ragaza leadership there were no reports of damage or injuries in the coup which could not be independently verified. When rumours or he takeover began to circulate at a Summit of French speaking nations in Quebec a Gazalet the meeting Ana flew to Paris where he boarded an air France jul that arrived in Nairobi Friday. The 41-year-old socialist Leader who had ruled Bur Undi for a years left his foreign minister Isidore Hak Zamana behind at the Canadian conference word of the coup was first broadcast at 5 40  in Kitundu French and Kitundu arc the official language of Burundi which is wedged be tween Tanzania and Zaire in Central Africa. The com Munique said the country s Borders and airports were closed and urged people to remain Calm and maintain peace and Security inside the  Kenya airways said it was cancelling a scheduled1 30 . Flight from Nairobi to the Burundi capital of Bujumbura Friday because the Airport was  operators in Nairobi were still unable to gel through to Burundi Friday and  communications May have been Cut. Radio Burundi monitored in Kenya continued to broadcast martial music Friday. Religious and traditional music was added overnight while announce ments of the coup continued. The British broadcasting corp. Said buy Oya was a member of Burundi s 50-Mcmbcr Central committee. The committee is the ruling body of the National Union for Progress the country so Elegal political party. Buy Oya was believed to be a member of Banza Tutsi to by to which All Burundi s army officers and most government officials belong. Ragaza took Power in a bloodless Fulp in november1976, when he a an army colonel. He had been trying to Lead his country slowly to civilian Rule and to defuse tension Between the predominant Hutu and the ruling minority Tutsi. The president also has orchestrated a growing confrontation with the roman Catholic Church Banning weekday Church services nationalizing Church school Sand jailing defiant priests. Burundi a Liny nation of 5 million people is Noto rious for a 1911 systematic Slaughter of the Stocky Short Hutu by the tall Tutsi in one of the worst ethnic massacres in Independent Africa. About 100,000 huts including most professionals were killed As punishment for attempting a coup. Baga a ousted one of Africa s longest serving Heads of stale Michel Mico Micro who sanctioned the killings. Ragaza was receiving technical and financial Ai from the soviet Union and China and was strengthen ing lies Wilh Libya. But he also welcomed Western assistance. Shiites in Lebanon Mark death of Saint with flagellation parades Beirut Lebanon a thousands of wailing shiite moslem beat them selves with swords daggers and Iron chains thursday in nationwide self flagellation parades marking the anniversary of the death of the sect s most Revere Saint. The wives of american hostage Josep Cicippio and French captive Marcel Fon Taine attended one procession in South Bei rut s shiite slums apparently to plead forthe release of their husbands held by shiite extremists. Police reported two shooting incidents during the parades known As the  in which mourners re enact inc killing of Imam Al Hussein by Sunn moslem armies after a 10-Day siege in the Southern iraqi province of Karbala . 6bd, a police statement said six people were wounded As gunmen in a speeding car fired their automatic weapons at an ashoura procession in South Lebanon predominantly sunni port City of Sidon. The statement said there were no casualties in the second shooting incident that occurred in the Market town of a Atiyeh. Just North of Israel s self pro claimed Security zone in South Leb anon. Justice minister Nabih Bern who Heads the mainstream shiite amal Mili Tia presided Over the Nab Atiyeh rituals. He stood on a second floor Balcony in a while death shroud an chanted islam s Battle cry of Allah Akbar or cod is great As the procession filed into Nab Atiyeh s main Square. About  mourners from the iranian backed Mii it ant faction Hezbollah or party of god look pan in the estimated 75,000-Strong Parade in Nab Atiyeh traditionally the focal Point of the ashoura celebrations. Police said the Hezbollah including hundreds of women Clad in Black chadian that covered them from head to toe except for Small Eye slits were led by a Loudspeaker Van bedecked by portraits of iranian Revo w photo shiite moslem to Nabat Lyth Lebanon March Down a Street after beating and cutting them warts to Nurk the anniversary of their most revered Saint s death. Luti onary patriarch Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The Van suddenly tame under a Volley of gunfire causing hundreds of mourners to dive for cover. But amal militiamen in charge of Parade Security quickly restored order and the procession resumed without injuries police said amal and Hezbollah Long have fought for Domi Nance of Lebanon s 1.2 million shiites the largest sin Gle sect among the nation s 4 million population. Hezbollah is the umbrella group of underground shiite factions believed to be holding most of the 25foreigner? missing and believed kidnapped in Lebanon since March i9g� japanese official to visit . About Trade feud Tokyo a Japan s Trade minister will make his second trip in three months to washing Kin to try to head  legislation being considered by Congress an official said thursday. Hajic Tamura Minisky of International Iradeane Industry will leave tuesday pending approval from Japan s parliament a ministry official said. Tamura is scheduled to meet with Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger Treasury Secretary James Baker and Trade representative Clayton Culk a said inc official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Couple whose baby died of starvation charged Ever a France a a couple were charge Wilh neglect when their 4-year-old daughter weighing 12 pounds died of starvation shortly after being hospitalized in this Paris suburb judicial officials said Friday. The girl s 7-Ycar-old brother Sebastien also was hospitalized and was muted in critical condition from starvation. The boy weighed 1j pounds the situation was disc oct a monday by a doctor who went to the Home of Daniel ,36, and Jocylle pc Macau it to treat the girl lie Titia for an  the doctor hospitalize the girl who died a few hours lat a. Authorities ordered the couple � six other Chil Dren hospitalized. They were reported in Good condition. Strike causes backlog of bodies to be buried Liverpool England a a two wee strike by cemetery workers Here has caused a backlog of 6$ bodies waiting for burial the  Friday. Deputy Council Leader Alan Dean said the strikers have deliberately prevented by their action the burial of the dead causing most unnecessary additional distress to the  ten cemetery Drivers employed by the Liverpool Council have been on strike in a dispute Over pay and other issues. The Drivers transport Timber for shoring up freshly dug Graves. Ship finds Wii torpedo during nato exercise London up a live world War ii Tor Pedo was found in the English Channel some is Miles Southwest of the Isle of Wuhl by a belgian mine Hunting warship on nato exercises a nato spokesman said thursday. The belgian mine sweeper discovered what appeared to be a mine when the vessel was engaged in mine Hunting operations As pan of the nato exercise Ocean safari off the South coast of England the spokesman said. The torpedo a British Model of world War 11vintage, was destroyed wednesday night by a dutch counter mine ship also involved in the exercises. An explosive charge was placed beside toe torpedo and exploded by Remote control the spokesman said. Ocean safari is a major nato exercise involving 150 ships from 11 countries. It will continue until sept. 18, . Confirms subs testing missiles near Bermuda Hamilton Bermuda a american submarines have been conducting missile left Southwest of Bermuda Navy official revealed thursday in an apparent bid to allay the lean of residents who saw Bright lights above the Island. A spokesman from Bermuda Mas said one test launch took place saturday in International Waters several Hundred Miles Southwest of the tiny British Colony. The unarmed missiles have a safety destruct capability and islanders were never in any Dan Ger the Navy said. The Clear weather conditions and the brilliance of inc burning missile prop giant May have made the lest appear closer to Bermuda than it was the Navy said