{"id":16450,"date":"2024-03-05T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/around-170-executed-in-three-burkina-faso-villages-public-prosecutor-says\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:47:23","slug":"around-170-executed-in-three-burkina-faso-villages-public-prosecutor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/around-170-executed-in-three-burkina-faso-villages-public-prosecutor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 170 \u2018executed\u2019 in three Burkina Faso villages, public prosecutor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Around 170 people have been \u201cexecuted\u201d in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso\u2019s northern Yatenga province, the regional public prosecutor has said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said in a statement on Friday that his office was initially informed of the \u201cmassive murderous attacks\u201d<strong> <\/strong>in the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe on February 25.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The statement was re-posted to the country\u2019s justice ministry\u2019s Facebook page\u00a0on Sunday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Coulibaly said people were also injured, although no figure was given.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            He appealed for anyone with information to come forward.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The statement did not mention which group was behind the attacks.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Meanwhile,<strong> <\/strong>authorities have<strong> <\/strong>yet to announce an official death toll from separate attacks on February 25 that targeted a mosque and a church in the north and east of the country.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            At least 15 Muslims and 15 Catholics were killed when \u201chordes of terrorists launched simultaneous attacks\u201d on Tankoualou and Essakane villages, the government press agency Agence d\u2019Information du Burkina (AIB) reported last week.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The European Union condemned those attacks while expressing solidarity with the troubled nation.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The junta-led West African country is one of the world\u2019s poorest nations and has become an\u00a0epicenter of violence\u00a0carried out by Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The violence began in neighboring Mali in 2012 but has since spread across the arid expanse of the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Large areas of the north and east of Burkina Faso have become ungovernable since 2018. Millions have fled their homes, fearing further raids by gunmen who frequently descend on rural communities on motorbikes. Thousands have been killed.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 170 people have been \u201cexecuted\u201d in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso\u2019s northern Yatenga province, the regional public prosecutor has said. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said in a statement on Friday that his office was initially informed of the \u201cmassive murderous attacks\u201d in the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe on February 25. 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