Fifteen people were found dead Monday after their kidnapping the day before by a group of suspected jihadists in western Burkina Faso, the regional governor announced in a statement on Tuesday January 31.
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During the day of January 30, 2023 around 12 p.m., fifteen dead bodies were found in the village of Linguekoro, Comoé province
", according to the governor of the Cascades region near Côte d'Ivoire, Colonel Jean-Charles Some.
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The bodies of the victims with bullet holes were found
" near "
the village of Linguekoro, where they had been abducted
," he said.
Continue the fight
On Sunday evening, two minibuses from Banfora (capital of the Cascades region) were intercepted in the village of Linguekoro by armed men, according to him.
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Passengers consisting of eight men and sixteen women were disembarked
” from the vehicles.
Among them, "
eight women and a man were released and ordered to return to Mangodara on foot
", 30 kilometers from Linguekoro, he detailed.
The two minibuses "
were subsequently set on fire and the other passengers kidnapped
", according to the governor.
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He invited the populations "
to collaborate more with the defense and security forces, which remain determined with the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP, civilian auxiliaries of the army) to lead the fight until victory of our people against all their enemies
.
Multiplication of victims
About sixty women were kidnapped in mid-January by suspected jihadists in Arbinda, in northern Burkina Faso, before being found a few days later.
Monday, January 30, at least thirteen people, ten gendarmes, two army auxiliaries and a civilian, were killed during an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, according to the Burkinabe army.
Burkina Faso, in particular its northern part, has been confronted since 2015 with increasing attacks by jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
They left thousands dead and at least two million displaced.
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