Dozens killed in an attack on a Mosque in Burkina Faso

Published February 26th, 2024 - 08:54 GMT
Burkina Faso
Worshippers preform their Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque of Ouagadougou on January 28, 2022. Burkina Faso, the scene of a military coup on Monday, was suspended from the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday, following a virtual summit of the organization whose heads of state will meet again on February 3 in Accra to reassess the situation in this country. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Local media confirmed that at least dozens of civilians were killed in an attack on a mosque in Natiaboani, Burkina Faso.

An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso has killed dozens of people, local and security sources told AFP on Monday. "Armed individuals attacked a mosque in Natiaboani on Sunday around 5:00 am, resulting in several dozen being killed", a security source said. 

"The victims were all Muslims, most of them men" who had come for the morning prayer, a local resident said. It happened on the same day as at least 15 civilians were killed in an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in the north of the country.

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