At least 60 people dead after an attack by uniformed men in northern Burkina Faso

24 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The attorney general of the Ouahigouya region, in northern Burkina Faso, has reported the deaths of at least 60 people who were allegedly killed by people in uniforms of the country’s Armed Forces.

Through a statement published this Monday, the prosecutor, Lamina Kaboré, reported that last Friday, April 21, there was an attack in the village of Karma, in the department of Barga, in the north of the country, in which the attackers would also have stolen various goods.

The injured were evacuated and are being cared for by the health services in the area, without any information yet on how many people have been affected or the degree of severity.

“My Public Ministry, aware of these facts, the seriousness of which has been proven, gave the necessary instructions to the Investigation Unit to proceed with all the processes in order to clarify the situation and question all the people involved,” the prosecutor detailed in a statement.

He has also asked for the collaboration of people who may have some information about the events, and has expressed his “compassion for all the victims of terrorism.”

Burkina Faso regularly reports operations against terrorist groups, which the government has asked to lay down their arms, while vowing to continue ground operations and airstrikes to regain territorial integrity and restore peace.

The Burkinabe authorities, now led by the military coup leader Ibrahim Traoré, had decreed a general mobilization in April to deal with the increase in jihadist attacks in the country, the work of both the Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State.