Twenty-four killed in Burkina Faso church attack: Governor

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Twenty-four killed in Burkina Faso church attack: Governor
February 17, 2020, 9:52 am

Twenty-four killed in Burkina Faso church attack: Governor

A man stand in front of the Burkina Faso nationals flag. (File photo AP)

Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an assault on a village church in northern Burkina Faso, the regional governor said Monday, with a provisional toll indicating the local pastor was targeted.

A group of “armed terrorists” burst into the village of Pansi, in Yaga, a volatile province near the Niger border, “and attacked the peaceful local population after having identified them and separated them from non-residents,” Colonel Salfo Kabore said in a statement sent to AFP.

source: AFP

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