An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso has killed dozens of people, local and security on Monday.
According to the AFP, a security source said “Armed individuals attacked a mosque in Natiaboani on Sunday around 5:00 am, resulting in several dozen being killed.”
A resident said that all the victims were Muslims.
“The victims were all Muslims, most of them men” who had come for the morning prayer, a local resident said.
“It happened on the same day as at least 15 civilians were killed in an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in the north of the country.”
It happened on the same day as at least 15 civilians were killed in an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in the north of the country.
The assailants targeted the village of Essakane, leaving 12 individuals dead on-site, while three others succumbed to injuries during medical treatment. Additionally, two people sustained injuries in the assault.
