1965 Press Photo Premier Ngendandumwe if Burundi reported assassinated

The State Department in Washington said tonight it understands that Premier Ngendandumwe of Burundi, above, was assassinated in the East African nation's capital city of Usumbura today. A department spokesman said details were lacking except that the American Embassy in Burundi had reported that the premier was killed as he left a hospital where his wife recently gave birth to a baby.

Photo is dated 1965.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.