In an interview with VOA, Muhumed, who was not at the village at the time of the attack, said he was told there were "many deaths" among Burundian forces but could not give an exact figure. 
Poyankhula ndi VOA, a Muhumed ati iwo sanali m'mudzimu pamene ziwawazi zimachitika. Iwo ati, "inali nkondo yoopsa."