BUJUMBURA, Burundi, Ramadan 08, 1436, June 25, 2015, SPA -- Burundi's second vice president says he has fled the country fearing for his life after opposing the president's controversial bid for a third term that has sparked off violent protests in the capital in recent weeks, AP reported. Gervais Rufyikiri, believed to have taken refuge in Brussels last week, said in an interview on Radio France International aired Thursday that he has not officially resigned. In a Twitter posting, the presidential adviser for information and media Willy Nyamitwe confirmed Rufyikiri had fled. --SPA 14:19 LOCAL TIME 11:19 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w