No, the images shared by the DCI do not show the suspects involved in the March 20, 2023 protests.

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DCI shares suspects’ faces in the March 20, 2023 protests.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. A reverse image search reveals that the image of people jumping over a burning barricade was first published on May 2, 2015 on HuffPost, an American news website with localized and international editions, when Burundians protested against the president’s bid for a third term in Bujumbura on May 1.

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Article on HuffPost on protests against Burundi President’s Election Plan

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No, the images shared by the DCI do not show the suspects involved in the March 20, 2023 protests.

The images shared by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) announcing that investigations into individuals captured on camera vandalizing public property during the March 20, 2023 protests are not from the most recent protest, but rather from other incidents.

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