{"id":1270,"date":"2024-02-26T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2024-02-26T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:48:12","slug":"burkina-faso-at-least-15-dead-in-catholic-church-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/26\/burkina-faso-at-least-15-dead-in-catholic-church-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso: At least 15 dead in Catholic church attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in Oudalan province – close to the border with Mali. Few details have been given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A church official indicated the gunmen were suspected Islamist militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no immediate response from the authorities in the West African country’s capital, Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement by the head of the local diocese, Abbot Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, said 12 people were killed instantly, while three others died at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In this painful circumstance, we invite you to pray for those who died in faith, for the healing of the wounded, and for the consolidation of grieving hearts,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It the latest atrocity in the country to be attributed to Islamist militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than a third of Burkina Faso is currently under the control of insurgents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authorities have been battling Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State, which have taken over large swathes of land and displaced millions of people in the Sahel region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last three years, churches have been targeted and scores of worshippers killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso, which is ruled by a military dictatorship, recently pulled out of the regional political and economic bloc, Ecowas, along with its Sahel neighbours, Mali and Niger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They cited lack of support from Ecowas in the fight against terrorism as one of the reasons for wanting to exit the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three junta-led countries had already been suspended from the bloc, which had been urging them to return to democratic rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Burkina Faso’s military-backed president Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 said Russian troops could deploy to fight jihadists in the West African country if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: BBC<\/sub><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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