By Danielle Paquette Danielle Paquette West Africa bureau chief Email Bio Follow May 12 at 1:13 PM DAKAR, Senegal — Gunmen killed at least six people at a Catholic church in the West African nation of Burkina Faso on Sunday and then torched the worship space, town officials told local reporters.
It was the second attack on a church in five weeks in Burkina Faso, where Islamist extremist violence has quadrupled over the past two years. Four worshipers and a pastor died in an attack on a Protestant congregation in late April. Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi mentioned Burkina Faso earlier this month in a video that broke a five-year silence. He praised militant groups in the nation for pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, and asserted they would take “revenge for their brothers in Iraq and Syria.”Burkina Faso’s descent into chaos began in 2016, when militants — many armed with leftover weapons from Libya’s 2011 collapse — rushed over the border from Mali.
We may never know the motivation of the peaceful attackers
Was it a 'church attack'? Or was it an Islamist attack on a church? Because knowing empowers us. Knowing helps us decide. Knowing keeps us free. TIme to send that headline to rewrite for correction and clarification.
Clearly, they didn't have Jesus in the heart nor did they have thoughts and prayers enough.
Christian persecution is every where 🤪
‘Church worshippers’?
Why is muslims attack church is Christians? Grr!!! It murder!
Terrible news.
Omg 😥😥😥
We're supposed to accept these troglodytes as humans. No. Those Islamist aren't human and should be treated as such. Shoot on sight is too good for them.
Muslims I am sure.
Twelve Apostles - Jan Theuninck, 2014
Where’s outrage?! Christianity is under attack!!
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