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Jun 5, 2021, 8 tweets

#BREAKING 14 killed in Burkina Faso village attack: security sources

#UPDATE The unidentified attackers killed 13 people "among the civilian population" in the village of Tadaryat late on Friday, and a member of the army auxiliary who had come to help them, a security source told AFP. A local source confirmed the toll
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#BREAKING About 100 killed in northern Burkina Faso in deadliest attack since 2015: security source

#UPDATE Around 100 civilians were killed overnight in the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso since jihadist violence erupted in the country in 2015, security and local sources said Saturday
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Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 114 civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said Saturday
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#BREAKING UN chief 'outraged' by killing of more than 100 civilians in Burkina Faso: spokesman

#UPDATES Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials say u.afp.com/U8Uw

#BREAKING Burkina Faso massacre death toll rises to 160: local sources

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