114 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015

OUAGADOUGOU: 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 on 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 been targeting civilians and soldiers. “We must remain united and solid against these obscurantist forces,” Kabore said, condemning a massacre that left at least 100 people dead in Solhan as “barbaric” and “despicable.”

The worst attack occurred during the night of Friday to Saturday when “armed individuals staged an incursion” into Solhan, a security source said.