Burkina Faso|If the new estimate of the death toll is confirmed, the attack will be one of the deadliest attacks in Africa in recent decades.
In West African In the massacre that took place in Burkina Faso in August, it is estimated that there were more deaths than expected. About that news CNN.
According to the French government’s security assessment, fighters linked to the terrorist organization al-Qaeda shot up to 600 people dead in a few hours. The number is almost twice as large as expected.
If the new estimate of the death toll is confirmed, it would make the attack one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades.
In August, a group linked to Al-Qaeda arrived in the village of Barsalogho and opened fire on the residents of the village who had fled to the trenches, according to videos published by accounts supporting the group’s activities. Many of those killed in the August 24 attack were women and children.
of the UN according to a preliminary estimate, the death toll was at least 200. The group itself claimed to have killed nearly 300 people and targeted fighters attached to the army.
The group that attacked the village also claimed that the civilians who built the trenches on the orders of the army were fighters attached to the army. The army had ordered the residents of the village to dig trenches in order to protect the village from jihadists operating in the area.
According to a French security official interviewed by CNN, the security situation in Burkina Faso has deteriorated significantly, as the forces responsible for the security of the region are unable to contain the armed terrorist groups operating there.
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