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Bloody Sunday: The indiscriminate killing of Muslim and Catholic worshipers in Burkina FasoF

Posted On 27 February 2024

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Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque confirm the utter instability of the northern and eastern regions of the country.

In Essakane-village, in the northeastern Burkina Faso, a terrorist attack on a Catholic church during a regular Sunday service claimed the lives of 15 worshipers, according to an obituary press release from the diocese of Dori in the Sahel province. .

The same day, a similar attack occurred on a mosque in Natiaboani in the East region, as reported by a press release from the Federation of Islamic Associations of Burkina (FAIB). The attack, carried out by individuals described by FAIB as “lawless,” resulted in the provisional death toll of 14 people, including the local grand imam.

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