Five dead after attack on church in Burkina Faso

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At least two people are thought to be missing.

‘The attack happened around 1:00 pm, just as the faithful were leaving the church at the end of the service,’ a member of the church who did not want to be identified said.British landlord denies killing mum and baby living in one of his homesBurkina Faso has suffered from increasingly frequent and deadly attacks attributed to a number of jihadist groups, including the Ansarul Islam group, the Group to Support Islam and Muslims and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.

The attacks started in the north of the country before targetting the capital Ouagadougou and other regions, notably the east of the country. In February, a Spanish priest, Father Cesar Fernandez, was killed in a raid attributed to jihadists in Nohao in the centre of the country.

 

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