"I don't know where he is or if he's been buried," said the mother of a 15-year-old boy allegedly shot by police.
Amnesty International / Digital Globe
Amnesty International / Digital Globe
Amnesty International said the images suggested a "deliberate attempt" to cover up the true death-toll when security forces dragged men out of homes in opposition neighbourhoods in the country's capital Bujumbura and shot them in the street.
The killings on December 11 came after a pre-dawn raid by opposition fighters on military sites and marked the bloodiest day since political violence began in the African country last April, when president Pierre Nkurunziza said he would seek a third term.
The United Nations says at least 400 people have died and 220,000 have fled to neighbouring countries as a result of the unrest.
African Union leaders are due to discuss the crisis, the country's worst outbreak of violence since a 12-year civil war that killed 300,000 ended in 2005, at a summit in Ethiopia.
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