💭 Authorities in Burkina Faso say, at least 55 have been killed in an attack by Jihadists in a town in northern Burkina Faso, the West African nation’s president announced late Tuesday. With conflict analysts suspecting that the Islamic State group is behind the attack, though no group has yet claimed responsibility. According to a government spokesperson, the violence occurred in the northern part of the country and the gunmen targeted civilians. The Associated Press reported that the government estimates that there are 55 casualties, but others believe the true number may be higher. Burkina Faso is facing a rise in attacks connected with al Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Over the past two years, almost 5,000 people have died from violence attributed to Islamic extremists, and an additional two million have left their homes.
Last month, armed men killed at least 100 civilians in another rural district in northern Burkina Faso, the deadliest attack the country has seen in at least a year.
💭 Jihad in Africa: Burkina Faso Mourns 100 Dead in Jihadist Massacre
Citizens of Burkina Faso feel that the authorities have abandoned them to Jihadists.
☪ Muslim Terrorists Invade Town, Block All The Access Roads And Butcher Anyone Who Tries To Escape. They Then Enter Each Home And Execute All of The Men.
There was a massacre in Burkina Faso. Islamic terrorists blocked the roads, butchered those trying to escape, entered homes and executed the men, as we read in Le Monde:
Oussou (the first name has been changed) thanks heaven for still being alive, but searches in vain for the traces of his relatives, who have disappeared since the deadly attack which hit his commune on the night of June 11 to 12. That evening, the town of Seytenga, in northeastern Burkina Faso , was surrounded by dozens of heavily armed men, affiliated, according to several security sources, with the Islamic State organization in the Greater Sahara. (EIGS).
Around “4 or 5 p.m.”, when the first shots rang out, Oussou managed to flee and watched helplessly from afar as the jihadist noose tightened. “They blocked all the exits from the city and killed all those who tried to escape”, says the survivor, now a refugee, like more than 3,100 other people, in the city of Dori, capital of the province. du Séno, 47 kilometers from Seytenga. “Then they opened the doors of the houses one by one and executed all the men they found,” continues the 30-year-old Burkinabé, still in shock after this attack from which he narrowly escaped. It was one of the deadliest assaults sincethe coup by putschist Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on January 24 .
“So far, 50 bodies have been found by the army,” government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said at a press conference held Monday in Ougadougou, the capital, before warning that this assessment was “maybe heavier”. Several security sources, both Burkinabe and international, contacted by Le Monde speak of a “massacre” that resulted in the death of at least 100 people.
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Djibrill Bassole, the foreign minister of the Colorado-sized West African nation of Burkina Faso, has joined the inauspicious ranks of people to faint on live television.
Bassole was holding a joint press conference in the Turkish capital of Ankara with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu when, in the middle of a question from a reporter, it became clear that something was wrong. He grips the platform, grimaces and begins to sway slightly. Bassole, obviously concerned, leans over to Davutoglu and says something.
The Turkish foreign minister looks immediately alarmed but, perhaps wary of embarrassing his official guest, extends an arm without actually grabbing Bassole. Then there’s a whooshing sound in the audio as Bassole, collapsing, brushes against his microphone and takes the podium down with him.