Kenya Airways, RwandAir cancel flights to Burundi after unrest

Kenya Airways (KQ) and RwandAir have cancelled flights to Burundi following unrest Friday forcing airport staff to stay away.

Armed men attacked the Ngagara and Musaga military camps in the capital Bujumbura resulting in a worst fighting since the failed coup in May.

"Flights KQ 448, KQ 444 and KQ 466 will not operate into Bujumbura International Airport today [Friday] due to a security incident that has kept all airport personnel away from their workstations making it difficult to access," the airline said in a statement.

It is not clear however whether the airport has been officially closed.

Security forces blocked the main roads to Bujumbura, forcing workers to return home for lack of access to duty stations.

With all businesses paralysed in the capital, even students could not make there way to school as shootings and shelling intensified.