East of Burkina Faso: 'Several Dozen Dead' in Attack
Voice of America
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO - "Several dozen" people were killed on Monday in an attack by suspected jihadists in Kodyel, a locality in Komandjari province in eastern Burkina Faso, sources told Agence France-Presse.
"A large number of armed individuals attacked the village of Kodyel in the commune of Foutouri this morning, killing dozens of civilians," a joint regional security source told AFP. The official of the Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP), a civilian auxiliary engaged in the anti-jihadist fight alongside defense and security forces, confirmed the attack, speaking of a "very heavy toll," at minimum, "20 to 30 deaths." "It is still a provisional assessment because people have fled the village," said the official, who also reported "about 30 dead men and women." He said there were also "about 20 injured,” several of them seriously.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.