Suspected ISWAP Terrorists Kill 15 At Baptism
May 20, 2021
5:14 am
Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be connected with Al Qaeda or ISWAP have killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in Burkina Faso.
The tragic attack happened in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government said on Wednesday.
The attack took place in Adjarara, about 7 km (4 miles) from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according to a statement from the governor of Burkina Faso’s Sahel region.
It was unclear who carried out the attack, but Islamist groups control large swathes of the area.
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