At least 36 civilians killed after militants attack Burkina Faso market

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Government calls for co-operation between defence and security forces

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Thirty-six civilians were killed in Burkina Faso on Monday in what the government called a terrorist attack on a market in Sanmatenga province.

The bloodshed is part of a surge in violence in the West African country that has killed hundreds, forced nearly a million from their homes and made much of the north ungovernable over the past two years.“These repeated attacks on innocent civilians call for real co-operation between defence and security forces,” the government said.

Islamist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State have carried out increasingly brazen attacks against civilian and military targets in Burkina Faso in recent months, including an attack on a mining convoy in November that killed nearly 40 people.

 

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