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Burkina Faso prosecutor says around 170 ‘executed’ in attacks on villages

The attacks by unknown assailants were carried out on the villages of Komsilga

By REUTERS
March 04, 2024
Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pick-up truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, in the countrys restive north. — AFP/File
Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pick-up truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, in the country's restive north. — AFP/File

OUAGADOUGOU: Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor said in a statement seen on Sunday. The attacks by unknown assailants were carried out on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soro in the Yatenga province, the statement dated March 1 said, adding that an investigation had been launched.

The West African Sahel nation has been struggling to contain violent Islamist insurgencies linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that have spread from neighbouring Mali over the past decade, killing thousands and displacing more than two million.