Ethnic clashes in northern Burundi last week left about 3,000 people dead and sent at least 16,000 fleeing across the border to escape the bloodbath, a diplomat said today.

Commune of Ruhororo is a commune of Ngozi Province in northern Burundi.

On June 4, three delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross were murdered in northern Burundi.

Muyinga is a city located in northern Burundi.

Commune of Rango is a commune of Kayanza Province in northern Burundi.

Nigozi is a city in northern Burundi.

Buyongwe is a town in northern Burundi.

A presidential visit to northern Burundi in August 1989 sought to spread a message of national unity and harmony.

"Some inhabitants of northern Burundi belonging to the minority Tutsi tribe were killed in a selective manner," the radio said without elaborating.

In an attack on one area in northern Burundi on Sunday, "they massacred all the Tutsis," he said.