Ouagadougou (UNA-OIC) – At least 138 civilians were killed by gunmen in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the government said on Saturday.
The assailants struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, near the eastern border with Niger. They also burned homes and a market, the government said, describing the attackers as terrorists.
President Roch Kabore denounced the attack, the deadliest recorded since extremist attacks erupted across the West African nation in 2015
The government announced three-day national mourning, stating that terrorists killed civilians of all ages and set fire to homes and the main market.
