Burkina Faso: at least a dozen dead in attack on village in west
Burkina Faso has experienced another bloody week (illustration image). AFP PHOTO / SIA KAMBOU
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A dozen people were killed Friday night (May 19th) in the village of Kié, in the west, near Mali. An attack by suspected jihadists and which adds to the toll of a bloody week. In total: 50 people died after a series of attacks in the north and center-east of this Sahelian country, regularly bereaved by violence.
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This latest attack in western Burkina Faso has not yet been claimed. Attackers who came in large numbers surrounded the village of Kié on Friday night around 20 p.m. local time. They ordered residents to clear the premises before setting fire to some houses. Witnesses report a death toll of 14 and several wounded.
The day before, Thursday, the death toll was almost double in the northern province of Yatengan. Assailants on motorcycles attacked the villages of Pellé, Zanna and Nongfaïré, before being chased by Burkinabe soldiers, accompanied by civilian auxiliaries. Refugees in the Barga forest, several attackers died in an air strike, according to a security source contacted by AFP.
Two other attacks, Monday and Wednesday in the province of Koulpélogo, on the border with Ghana and Togo, left about twenty dead. According to local sources cited by AFP, women and children were among the victims.
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