Eight of the individuals who kicked the bucket were security officers and 49 individuals were caught, Col Gaspard Baratuza said.
Occupants in the capital prior said the groups of exactly 34 men were found in the city - and blamed police for taking reprisal. It is not clear if that number is incorporated into the armed force's aggregate.
Distress has hit Burundi since April.
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Friday saw a portion of the most noticeably awful viciousness since the agitation started. Authorities portrayed vigorously equipped assailants propelling co-ordinated early morning ambushes on armed force establishments in three regions - Ngagara, Musaga and Mujejuru.
Battling could then be heard for the duration of the day and sporadic gunfire proceeded with overnight.
Occupants said many men were gathered together as their homes were attacked, and a large number of their bodies were found in the city of the capital on Saturday morning.
The biggest number of bodies were found in Nyakabiga area, a center of hostile to government dissents. Others were found in the southern neighborhood of Musaga.
One witness told the AFP news office that a percentage of the casualties were "children" and had been shot execution-style "through the highest point of the skull".
BBC Africa expert Richard Hamilton says bodies in the city are right around an every day event in Bujumbura yet this was by a wide margin the biggest number of passings in one night.
Col Gaspard Baratuza, giving points of interest of the last toll, said that "79 adversaries" were slaughtered, "45 caught and 97 weapons seized and on our side eight warriors and policemen were executed and 21 injured.
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