‘Jihadist attack’ kills nearly 20 civilians in Burkina Faso

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Mon, 2020-02-03 04:17

OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected jihadists killed nearly 20 civilians in an attack overnight on the northern Burkina Faso village of Lamdamol, Seno province, security sources said Sunday.
“The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants,” the security source told AFP. The attackers left nearly 20 dead, the source added.
A local health official, speaking from the town of Dori in the north, said the village’s chief nurse was among the victims.

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