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Gunmen have carried out a terrifying shooting spree in the African country – leaving 20 people dead and bodies ‘burnt beyond recognition’
20 people have lost their lives in a brutal terror attack in the country(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
- A horrific terror attack has killed 20 people and left a number corpses “burnt beyond recognition” in Titao in northern Burkina Faso. The attack took place on 13 February. Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Ghana’s interior minister spoke of the attack. He said: ”They went on a shooting spree, killing almost all the males there, burning them together with the truck.
- Witnesses saw the gunmen divided into three groups. One group attacked a military camp, another destroyed telephone facilities and the final group looted and burned shops and attacked supply trucks. An unnamed security source speaking to AFP claimed “hundreds” of armed jihadist attacked the military camp, leaving the camp partially destroyed.
- Seven Ghanaian men killed in the attack were part of a team of tomato traders who were targeted by the extremists. Following the attack Ghana’s interior minister announced they were engaged with Burkinabè authorities who were planning on burying the Ghanaians.
- The shocking attack has been claimed by the JNIM – Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin – an Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda
- Lt Col Abdoul Aziz Ouedraogo told state run media: “Multiple attacks took place on Saturday in the north of the country. Our forces demonstrated valour and professionalism, inflicting a heavy defeat on the terrorists and neutralising several dozen of them.” Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Ghana’s interior minister, has said Burkinabè authorities also offered military assistance to “create a safe passage to move the unharmed women and the injured to our mission in Ouagadougou after the buria
- The horror terror attack is the latest development of unrest in the country as Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have increased their presence in Burkina Faso. Recent years have seen the extremist organisations expanded across the Sahel region, displacing millions as a result of killing thousands.
- For the full story visit: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/gunmen-leave-corpses-burnt-beyond-36753629
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