{"id":17398,"date":"2020-06-01T13:38:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17398"},"modified":"2020-06-01T13:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:39:01","slug":"burkina-faso-armed-groups-kill-60-wound-20-in-separate-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17398","title":{"rendered":"BURKINA FASO: Armed groups kill 60, wound 20 in separate attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An attack on a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, in Burkina Faso<\/a> by an armed group left no fewer than 35 people dead and 20 others seriously injured, a government statement revealed on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another attack by armed militants near the northern village of Foube left 25 people dead including scores of civilians and five military police officers who were standing guard at a checkpoint in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement noted that; \u201cArmed groups targeted a humanitarian convoy returning from Foube after delivering supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA further 20 people were wounded in the convoy attack. No group has claimed responsibility,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This came weeks after a Canadian woman and her Italian partner who were both kidnapped in Burkina Faso in December 2018 were released to the United Nations in Mali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair went missing<\/a> two years ago while travelling through Burkina Faso, where armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group are active and have kidnapped Westerners in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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