Sat 05 June 2021:
At least 100 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, local media reported on Saturday.
In the night from Friday to Saturday, terrorists raided the village of Yagha in northern Sahel region, and opened fire on residents and villagers, according to AIB news agency.
The attackers also set fire to houses and a market place belonging to the people of the region.
The death toll is feared to rise.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced three days of national mourning starting Saturday night.
A Burkina Faso government statement on the Solhan attack read: “In addition to the heavy human toll, the worst recorded to date, homes and the market were set on fire.” Another security source said the “still temporary toll of a hundred dead may increase.”
Security forces have been deployed to secure the area in order to remove and bury bodies and authorities have declared three days of national mourning.
Solhan has been the target of numerous attacks in recent years.
According to UN figures, more than 850 people have been killed and 1.1 million people have been displaced since 2015 in terrorist attacks in the country.
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