The President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has launched a lethal anti-gay tirade, saying same-sex couples should be stoned publicly.
The President also slammed Western countries that want other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.
In Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, homosexuality has been criminalized since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.
Ndayishimiye, a Catholic, described the marriage between same-sex couples as an “abominable practice.”
While responding to a question at a public event broadcast by Burundian media in the east of the country, Ndayishimiye said: “Personally, I think if we see these kinds of individuals in Burundi we should put them in a stadium and stone them. And it would not be a sin for those who do.”
Also, he criticized Western countries that want smaller nations to allow gay marriage or risk losing aid by saying: “Let them keep their help, let them keep it.”
While talking further, he said Burundians living abroad who have “chosen the devil” and practise homosexuality should “not come back.”
