Burkina Faso govt says at least 100 civilians die in attack
by Sam Mednick, The Associated Press
Posted Jun 5, 2021 9:11 am EDT
Last Updated Jun 5, 2021 at 9:14 am EDT
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years.
The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market and several homes were also burned down in the area toward the border of Niger, he said.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore called the attack “barbaric.”
Sam Mednick June 05, 2021 - 6:48 AM
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) â Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the countryâs deadliest attack in years.
The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahelâs Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market and several homes were also burned down in the area toward the border of Niger, he said.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore called the attack âbarbaric.â
This is the deadliest attack recorded in Burkina Faso since the West African country was overrun by jihadists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State about five years ago, said Heni Nsaibia, senior researcher at the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 114 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, officials said Saturday. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced an attack near the borders with Mali and Niger where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have […]