Burkina Faso prosecutor says around 170 people were ‘executed’ in village attacks
AROUND 170 people were executed during deadly attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said on Sunday.
Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said the attacks took place in the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25, with at least 170 people executed.
Other villagers were left wounded, the prosecutor for the northern town of Ouahigouya added in a statement.
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