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Burkina Faso: 14 people killed in gun attack at church during Sunday mass
[SkyNews] The area has come under attack over the past year from suspected jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... At least 14 people including teenagers have been rubbed out at a church in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... during Sunday mass. Several other people were maimed in the attack which took place in the village of Foutouri in the Est region of the country. The identity of the button men is not yet clear but the area has come under attack over the past year from suspected jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore tweeted: "I condemn the barbaric attack against the Protestant Church of Hantoukoura in the department of Foutouri, which left 14 dead and several maimed. "I offer my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish a speedy recovery to the maimed." An Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso this year has ignited ethnic and religious tensions, leaving large parts of the country ungovernable, especially in northern areas bordering Mali. Last month, button men opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying mine workers in the Est region, killing 39 people. MORE FROM BURKINA FASO The timing of Sunday's incident, during hours of worship, mirrors other attacks on Christians this year - a new phenomenon in a West African country that has long prided itself on its religious tolerance. Burkina Faso was once a pocket of calm in the region, but the past year's violence has killed hundreds and forced nearly a million people from their homes. Related: Burkina Faso: 2019-11-08 U.S. sanctions leader of Mali Islamist militant group Burkina Faso: 2019-11-03 French Soldier Dies in Mali as Explosive Device Detonates - Paris Burkina Faso: 2019-10-23 Days of attacks in Burkina Faso kill at least 19 civilians Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-03 |
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