Burkina Faso disassociates itself from a video in which men dressed as soldiers mutilate a corpse

MADRID 11 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Armed Forces of Burkina Faso have disassociated themselves this Sunday from a video circulating on social networks in which several people in military uniform can be seen mutilating a corpse and have assured that they are analyzing the veracity of the audiovisual document and the possible responsibility of who appear in the images.

“We have been able to observe the spread on social networks of a video in which individuals dressed in uniforms of the National Armed Forces (FAN) mutilate a human body. This indescribable act is contrary to the military and moral values ​​instilled (…) and violates the rules for the deployment of units on the ground,” reads a statement published on its Facebook profile.

Thus, he assured the public that he “has contacted the competent services to determine the authenticity and origin of the video, as well as the identity of the people involved so that they can be held accountable for their actions, if the facts are proven.” “.

“The General Staff of the Armed Forces remembers that all operations to reconquer the national territory are carried out with the greatest respect for Human Rights and following the rules of engagement that do not tolerate such practices,” he added.

This summer, the Burkinabe Army also disassociated itself from a video in which a person in a military uniform dismembered a corpse to eat it, days after a similar video was published in Mali, a border country.

NEW DESTABILIZATION MANEUVER

The Burkinabé authorities arrested an individual this Friday in the capital, Ouagadougou, accused of delivering 5 billion CFA francs (7.6 million euros) in cash to soldiers who pretended to accept a coup plan, according to the Burkina 24 news portal. .

The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, accused France in early December 2023 of being behind several coup attempts against the transitional authorities established in the country, headed by Ibrahim Traoré, after the military riots. 2022, when they began to adopt a very critical stance towards their Western partners, especially Paris.

Burkina Faso has generally experienced a significant increase in insecurity since 2015, with attacks by both Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State, which has caused a wave of internally displaced people and refugees to other countries in the region. region.