Around 60 civilians killed in northern Burkina Faso attack, prosecutor says

OUAGADOUGOU: Round 60 civilians had been killed on Friday in northern Burkina Faso by folks sporting the uniforms of the Burkinabe armed forces, native prosecutor Lamine Kabore mentioned on Sunday, citing info from police within the city of Ouahigouya.

He mentioned an investigation had been launched after the assault on the village of Karma in Yatenga province within the borderlands close to Mali, an space overrun by militant teams linked to al Qaeda and Daesh which have carried out repeated assaults for years.

The assertion gave no additional particulars on the assault.

Since 2022, assaults by armed teams on civilians have surged whereas state safety forces and volunteer defence troops have performed various abusive counter-terrorism operations, Human Rights Watch mentioned in March.

Unidentified assailants killed 40 folks and wounded 33 others in an assault on the military and volunteer forces in the identical area of northern Burkina Faso close to Ouahigouya on April 15, in line with the federal government.

Unrest within the area started in Mali in 2012 when gunmen hijacked a Tuareg separatist rebellion. The violence has since unfold into Burkina Faso and Niger, killing 1000’s and displacing over 2.5 million folks.