Terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, more than two hundred dead

More than 200 people have died in the attack in the Central African country of Burkina Faso. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. At least 140 people were injured in the attack. Aljazeera news.

The attack took place last Saturday in the Barsalogho region, 40 kilometers north of the strategically important city of Kaya in Burkina Faso. It is reported that the gunmen fired indiscriminately on the people involved in the digging of trenches for the security of the security forces. Several soldiers remain missing since the attack. The attackers took the weapons of the security forces and a military ambulance.

Al Jazeera's Nicolas Hoque from Dakar, Senegal's capital, reported that JNIM released a horrific video of the aftermath of the attack. Nicholas Hawk also said, in the video, we saw women, men and children lying in their own lame trenches. It has become a mass grave. He also said that doctors, nurses and other staff have been brought from Kaya city to the local hospital to treat the injured.

Nicolas Hoque noted that Burkina Faso's army knew as early as Friday that an attack was about to take place and called on the population to dig trenches. He also said that this shows the desperation of the army of Burkina Faso. These forces have lost control of half of their country to armed groups linked to al-Qaeda.

Half of Burkina Faso's territory is controlled by armed groups close to al-Qaeda. Nicolas Hoque said that the Burkina Faso military had only received a glimpse of the possible attack last Friday. For this, the local people were asked to dig trenches.

It was one of the deadliest attacks since militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) entered Burkina Faso from neighboring Mali a decade ago.

Sahel country Burkina Faso has been in a security crisis since the arrival of the militant groups. This security crisis led to two armed coups in the country in 2022.

The country's ruling junta condemned the attack but did not say exactly how many people were killed.

Burkina Faso has been fighting between armed groups for a long time. Thousands of people were killed in these fights. And more than two million people have been displaced in more than a decade.

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