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Attack In Burkina Faso Barsalogh

Burkina Faso: About 600 people were killed within a few hours in the city of Barsalodho in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The attacks, carried out by members affiliated with Al Qaeda, mostly involved children and women. Along with this, he also warned to support the army against terrorism.

Members of Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM), an affiliate of Mali-based al Qaeda and active in Burkina Faso, shot villagers on the outskirts. The UN put the death toll at around 200, but JNIM claimed to have killed 300 fighters. The French government has confirmed the death toll to be 600.

One man said he was among those asked by the army to dig trenches. The person said that he was four kilometers away from the city. I started going into the ditch to escape. It seemed that the attackers were following the trenches. So I came out of the ditch. There was blood everywhere. Screams were coming from everywhere. I slept on my stomach in the bushes till noon.

The victim, who lost two of her limbs in the attack, said that JNIM killed them all. We kept collecting dead bodies for three days. There was screaming everywhere. we were scared. There were so many dead bodies on the ground that it was difficult to bury them. The army was ordered to dig a large trench around the city to protect the local people from the jihadists.