Almost 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso as rebels burned down villages’ homes and shot them as they tried to escape.
Government official Labidi Ouoba said that the attack occurred in Kodyel Village in the Komandjari province on Monday near the border with Niger.
The Rebel fighters surrounded the village and went house to house setting fire to them and killing people, said Ouoba.
‘’l ran early because the terrorists usually look for authorities we all pray that peace comes back now in our country,’’ he said.
Meanwhile another resident Mediempo Tandamba who fled Mondays attack said about 100 fighters entered the town on motorcycles and pick-up trucks, four of his brothers children were killed.
According to reports the attacks comes exactly one week after two Spanish Journalist and Irish conservationist were killed and a Burkinabe soldier went missing when their anti-poaching patrol was ambushed by rebels in the same region.
After that same day last week 18 people were killed in Yattakou village in the country’s Sahel region.
Last year the government enlisted the help of volunteer militiamen to help the army but they have incurred retaliation by the rebels who attack them and the communities they help.
