‘Terrorist’ attack on village market in Sanmatenga province leaves dozens of people dead, government says.
Burkina Faso’s government has declared two days of national mourning following an attack on two villages that left at least 36 civilians dead, in the latest violence to rock the country.
A “terrorist group” on Monday killed 32 civilians when they attacked and burned a market in Nagraogo village before killing four more people in Alamou village, Communications Minister Remis Fulgance Dandjinou said in a statement late on Tuesday. Three other people were wounded in the attacks in Sanmatenga province, he added.
