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Raiders kill at least a dozen worshippers at Burkina Faso church

Raiders kill at least a dozen worshippers at Burkina Faso church

Atrocity took place during Sunday mass in Essakane village and has been blamed on a jihadi group active in the region

At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured in a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in Burkina Faso, a senior church official has said.

Calling for peace and security in Burkina Faso, the vicar general of the Dori diocese, Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, denounced “those who continue to wreak death and desolation in our country”.

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