By RFIPalled on 12-10-2019Modified on 12-10-2019 at 21:12
In Burkina Faso, attack on a mosque in the municipality of Markoye in the Sahel region. On Friday, October 11, gunmen fired on Muslim worshipers at the time of evening prayer. At least 15 people were killed and four others wounded, according to security sources. Another mosque in Mansila commune, still in the Sahel region, was also targeted by an attack.
It was in Salmossi that the attack took place. Several armed men burst into the village's Grand Mosque at the time of evening prayer. They shoot at the Muslim faithful there. Several people fall.
According to a report provided by security sources, this attack caused fifteen deaths and several wounded. The attackers reportedly remained in the village long after the attack.
According to our sources, the attackers arrived on about 50 motorcycles. They were dressed in desert sand suit and green variegated. Their presence around the Salmossi mosque was reported at least one and a half hours before the attack.
Informed the elements of the military detachment of Markoye who came to the rescue were ambushed.
On the same evening of Friday, another mosque, that of the Tidiania community of Mansila, was also attacked by gunmen. No balance sheet is available at the moment.
After the mosque, the attackers raided the home of the religious leader of this Muslim community where they set fire to equipment, according to our sources.
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