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Burkina Faso church attack: Priest among six killed
« on: May 12, 2019, 05:46:10 pm »
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Burkina Faso church attack: Priest among six killed
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Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say.

The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church.

The town's mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said that there was panic as other buildings were burned down and a health centre looted.

Jihadist violence has flared in Burkina Faso since 2016, and this is the third attack on a church in five weeks.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48246715

It says 3rd church in 5 weeks, I do remember another story in the past month that was similar, about 6 people killed there too.