Terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso leaves 47 dead

Terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso leaves 47 dead

30 civilians, 14 soldiers and 3 army auxiliary members killed, says government

By Aurore Bonny

DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) - A joint convoy of civilians, soldiers and army auxiliary members was the target of a terrorist attack Wednesday in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region, according to a government statement.

"During the fighting, 30 civilians were killed and 19 people wounded. Fourteen elements of the defense forces and three volunteers for the defense of the party [also] lost their lives," said the statement relayed by local media.

The Ministry of Communication also said that during the response, the defense and security forces and Volunteers for the Defense of the Motherland (VDP) "shot dead 58 terrorists and many others were wounded and fled."

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced Wednesday in a decree that a national mourning period of 72 hours will be observed beginning Thursday.

He ordered flags to be flown at half-mast throughout the country.

Kabore also banned demonstrations and popular gatherings of a cheerful nature during the mourning period.

Many people have perished at the hands of terrorists since 2015 in the West African country.

More than 230,000 people have been internally displaced, according to official figures.

The latest terrorist attack comes a day after the UN Security Council declared that it is "concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in some countries of the West Africa and Sahel region and the rise of terrorism in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin as well as in the West Africa region as a whole.

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