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At least 16 worshipers were killed and two others seriously injured as a mosque was attacked in the Western African state of Burkina Faso, the security sources said.
A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire inside a mosque in the village of Salmossi in the northern province of Oudalan, according to the local media reports.
#BurkinaFaso: A group of unknown gunmen made an incursion this evening into the village of Salmossi, #Oudalan Province, and killed thirteen people (provision toll) after opening fire in the local mosque pic.twitter.com/NluwEx4x03
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Burkina Faso has been battling Islamic insurgency for the last four years. The majority of the attacks in the former French colony are attributed to the Ansarul Islam and JNIM (Group to Support Islam and Muslims) jihadist groups, which are responsible for the death of more than 500 people.
They target both Christians and Muslim clergy, whom they consider not conservative enough. In July, 15 people were killed as the militants attacked a Christian church in the northern village of Diblou.
