Armed terrorist groups kill 44 civilians in Northern Burkina Faso through attacks in Qaryatin, the district governor said on Saturday.
Temporary fees of “This is a despicable and barbaric attack that targeted villages of Corco and Tondobe in “Forty-four civilians were killed and others injured,” said Deputy Governor Rodolphe Surgo, in northeastern Burkina Faso Thursday night. of the coast region.
Surgo said that 31 people He died in Corco and 13 in tondobe.
regional official He said this is an army offensive Put “out of Armed terrorist groups “that carried out out the kill.
conservative also He stressed that “procedures to stabilize the area under way. “
Both attacks took place near the village of Sitanga, where 86 civilians were killed last June in one of The deadliest attacks of protracted rebellion.
The poor Sahel country is grappling with until-year-old campaign by extremists linked to al Qaeda and the terrorist ISIS group.
Burkina Faso new military president on Thursday’s pledge step up A “dynamic offensive” against Extremists follow a chain of Rebel attacks since start of the year.
dynamic offensive under way in the past A few weeks it will be stepped up up to force Armed groups to lie down “Their weapons,” Colonel Celestin Sembeur said after the handover ceremony after his appointment. last week.
Sargo on Saturday called local population to join the introduction for Defense of Homeland (FDS), a pro-junta movement, and registration in VDP volunteer militia.
Since the extremists launched campaign from neighboring Mali in 2015, more More than 10,000 civilians, soldiers and policemen have been killed, according to what he reported one Estimated NGOs, and at least two million dollars people They were displaced.
Burkina Faso experienced two coups last year. Since the takeover of junta leader Ibrahim Traoré power in September, activities of All political parties and civil society organizations in The country is suspended.
