At least 170 people were killed in a series of attacks in northern Burkina Faso last weekend.
Burkinabe prosecutor Aly Benjamin Coulibaly announced this in a statement.
Accordingly, a team from the public prosecutor’s office visited the affected villages and found that massive attacks had occurred in Yatenga province on February 25th. The Burkinabe authorities had not yet announced any death figures.
On the same weekend there were attacks on a church and a mosque. 29 believers died. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bloody acts.
More than 8,400 deaths in 2023
Numerous Islamist groups are active in northern Burkina Faso and have sworn allegiance to the terrorist militias Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. According to surveys by the conflict data organization ACLED, more than 8,400 people were killed in the conflict between terrorists and the government in Burkina Faso last year. Of these, at least 2,300 were civilians.
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