At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis. Regional specialist called the attack one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center security think tank, said that at least 100 bodies were counted in videos of the attack. He said villagers were helping security forces dig up trenches to protect security outposts on Saturday, when fighters with the JNIM group opened fire on them. Burkina Faso’s security minister Mahamadou Sana said the victims included soldiers and civilians.