Death toll from terrorist attack in Burkina Faso climbs to 32

Death toll from terrorist attack in Burkina Faso climbs to 32

President Roch Kabore declares 3 days of national mourning

By Ahmet Emin Donmez

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AA) - The death toll from a terrorist attack targeting the army in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region rose to 32 on Monday.

Communications Minister and government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement that the number of people who lost their lives in Sunday’s attack on a gendarmerie unit in the northern province of Soum had increased from 20 to 32.

Tamboura said that 28 of the victims were soldiers and four were civilians.

President Roch Kabore declared three days of national mourning.

Al-Qaeda and Daesh/ISIS-linked terrorist groups in neighboring Mali have been carrying out frequent attacks in the north and east of Burkina Faso since 2015.

Although Burkina Faso carries out joint military operations with its other neighbor Niger in the Sahel, it cannot eliminate the terrorist groups stationed in Mali.

According to data from the United Nations, more than 17,500 people had to leave the country for security reasons this year.

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