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60 Killed in Attack in Burkino Faso

by VOA News

   Men wearing Burkinabe military uniforms killed approximately 60 people
   last week in a village in northern Burkina Faso, a local prosecutor
   said Sunday, citing a police report.

   Lamine Kabor said authorities have launched an investigation into the
   attack in the village of Karma in Yatenga province, near Mali.

   The region has experienced an uptick in similar attacks by suspected
   jihadists.

   Some information for this report came from Agence France-Press and
   Reuters.