OUAGADOUGOU: At least 50 people have died in an attack by armed men on a village in northern Burkina Faso, a government spokesman said.
The attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province, which lies in borderlands where fighters linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) are embroiled in an armed uprising.
“The army has so far found 50 bodies” after the village of Seytenga was attacked overnight Saturday, spokesman Lionel Bilgo said on Monday, adding that the death toll “may rise”. The United Nations condemned the attack, which it said had “claimed many victims”, in a statement on Monday and called on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Seytenga was the site of bloody fighting last week between rebels and government forces. –Agencies
