Panafrican News Agency

Three people killed in armed attack in Burkina Faso's Sahel

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three people were killed overnight on Thursday in an attack carried out by unidentified armed individuals in the village of Wassakoré, in the Burkinabè Sahel, PANA learned from security sources.

According to a gendarmerie official, the attackers who arrived in large numbers in the village also set fire to houses.

After the attack, several people fled the village, explained a local elected official on condition of anonymity.

The security situation has deteriorated in recent days in Burkina Faso, forcing the army to conduct a large-scale operation in the Sahel and the north of the country, during which four terrorist bases were destroyed, the sources said.

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