Two villages in the north and the northwest of the country saw the assault of armed men who shot on the populations at random.
Le Monde with AFP
At least 27 people were killed in the weekend in Burkina Faso, during two distinct attacks alleged jihadist who targeted civilians in the north and northwest of the country, AFP learned from security sources and local.
During the night of Sunday July 3 to Monday July 4, “armed individuals attacked the civilian populations of Bourasso, a locality located near Dédougou”, chief town of the province of Kossi, said a security source . “There are about fifteen deceased victims, men, women and children, according to a provisional assessment,” added this source.
A local source, contacted by AFP, confirmed the attack, evoking for its part “around twenty deaths”. “Armed individuals first took a tour around 5 p.m. [GMT and local time] in the village firing gunshots in the air. They returned later in the night and opened fire blindly on the populations, “said this resident.
” priority “
On Saturday, another murderous attack also took place in Namisiguima, in the province of Yatenga (North), according to another security source. “The balance sheet of this attack is twelve dead, including three volunteers for the defense of the fatherland (VDP)”, civilians who fight alongside the army, said this source, also evoking waves of displacement of populations Since Sunday.
Burkina Faso has been taken since 2015 in a spiral of violence since 2015, attributed to armed jihadist movements affiliated with Al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which left thousands of deaths and 1.9 million displaced.
More than 40 % of the territory are outside the control of the State, according to official figures.
At the end of January, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, accused of having been unable to stop jihadist violence, and re-establish his “priority”. But the security situation in Burkina has not improved, the country is always regularly targeted by deadly attacks.