Authorities have not released an official death toll from the attack (representative)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:
About 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, the prosecutor for the northern region of Burkina Faso said on Sunday.
Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25. Reports of the attack put the initial death toll at “approximately 170 people executed.”
The attacks injured others and caused material damage, the prosecutor in the northern town of Ouahigua added in a statement.
He said his office had ordered an investigation and appealed to the public for information.
Survivors of the attack told AFP that dozens of women and young children were among the victims.
Local security sources said the attack was not related to deadly incidents at a mosque and a church in northern Burkina Faso a week ago.
Authorities have not released an official death toll from the attacks.
Burkina Faso has been grappling with a jihadist insurgency launched in 2015 by al-Qaeda and Islamic State militants that spread from neighboring Mali.
Violence in Burkina Faso has killed nearly 20,000 people and displaced more than 2 million people. Burkina Faso is one of the world’s poorest countries, located in the Sahel region, which is unstable.
Anger at the state’s inability to end insecurity played a major role in two military coups in 2022. Current strongman Ibrahim Traore has made fighting rebel groups a top priority.
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