Burkina Faso, the toll of the massacre in the village of Solhan rises to 160

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06 June 2021 There are no longer 130 but 160 victims of the massacre in the village of Solhan, in the north-east of Burkina Faso. 3 mass graves were found. In one were the bodies of about twenty minors. The group of armed men, indicated by security sources as belonging to a gang of "violent jihadists", carried out real executions. First the military, then the civilians, women, men, children. Burned down houses and the village market.

It is the attack considered the bloodiest since the beginning of jihadist violence in the country since 2015. A discovery of the other corpses that arrives on the first day of the 3 days of national mourning proclaimed by the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who has called the "barbaric" attack. It is not the first time that Solhan, which is located 15 kilometers from the capital Sebba, has been targeted by jihadist attacks. 1,400 people have died in the city since 2015.

Pope Francis also spoke of the massacre in Burkina Faso during the Angelus: 'Africa needs peace and not violence ". He assures his prayer" for the victims of the massacre carried out on the night between Friday and Saturday in a town in Burkina Faso "." I am close to family members and to the entire Burkinabe people - concluded the Pope - who are suffering greatly from these repeated attacks. "

The head of the UN,

condemned the attack and launched an appeal to renew efforts against armed extremism.