The two Spaniards and the Irishman who died in Burkina Faso were "executed", a high-ranking security source said. The three killings are also given for certain by other sources, accredited but who prefer to remain anonymous. "They were found dead, it can also be seen in a video", a source specified, referring to the two Spanish journalists and "the Irishman, who had a Dutch wife and lived in the Netherlands". The three died "in the province of Fada N'gourma", one of the largest in Burkina, and not exactly in the homonymous capital, it is specified instead indicating the area of Pama, further south, towards the border with Benin and on the margins of a large nature reserve. There were also three injured in the attack by "terrorists"in which two Spaniards and an Irishman died in Burkina Faso. This is what emerges from a press release from the Burkinabé Ministry of Communication which provides a reconstruction of what happened. This morning "around 9 an attack by armed individuals targeted a mixed convoy made up of local elements of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and expatriates on the Fada N'Gourma-Pama axis in the eastern region", he premieres the note.Gourma-Pama in the eastern region, "premiered the note.Gourma-Pama in the eastern region, "premiered the note.
"The bodies of the three expatriates (two Spaniards and an Irishman) were found lifeless. In one audio, the alleged authors claim to be of the 'Jnim' and claim to have killed three 'whites', hijacked two vehicles, several motorcycles and weapons ", writes in a tweet the accredited account" Sahel Security Alerts "which monitors the security situation in the Liptako-Gourma area with particular attention to Burkina Faso. The Irishman had disappeared after the attack on an anti-poaching patrol, with which they found Western trainers and journalists.
In recent years, there have been several foreign hostage-taking in Burkina Faso, a very poor West African country that has suffered increasingly frequent jihadist attacks since 2015. One concerned the Paduan architect Luca Tacchetti and his Canadian partner Edith Blais, kidnapped in December 2018 and only free after 15 months in March of last year. Previously an Australian couple had been kidnapped in Djibo (on the border with Mali and Niger) on the night between 15 and 16 January 2016 during an apparently coordinated action with attacks in Ouagadougou: that night the jihadists opened fire in cafes, restaurants and hotels in the capital's nightlife area, killing 30 people and injuring 71. The woman, Jocelyn Elliot,she had been handed over by her kidnappers to the Nigerian authorities about a month after her kidnapping while the man is still missing. At first concentrated in the north of the country, on the border with Mali, the attacks attributed to jihadist groups including the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (Gsim) affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the greater Sahara (Eigs) then targeted the capital and other regions, especially the east and north-west. Since 2015, the violent actions of the jihadists have caused over 1,200 deaths and over a million displaced.Islam and the Muslims (Gsim) affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the greater Sahara (Eigs) then targeted the capital and other regions, particularly the east and north-west. Since 2015, the violent actions of the jihadists have caused over 1,200 deaths and over a million displaced.Islam and the Muslims (Gsim) affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in the greater Sahara (Eigs) then targeted the capital and other regions, particularly the east and north-west. Since 2015, the violent actions of the jihadists have caused over 1,200 deaths and over a million displaced.