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Catholic church attack in Burkina Faso leaves at least 6 dead, including priest, reports say
May 13, 2019
At least six people were killed -- including a priest -- after a Catholic church was attacked and then set ablaze Sunday by a group of armed men in the western African country of Burkina Faso, according to local reports.
The attack happened in the northern town of Dablo, not far from the volatile border with Mali, at the beginning of Mass, Radio France Internationale reported.
A security source told the radio network that Mass had just begun when a "group of some 20 to 30 armed men" approached on motorcycles.
The mayor of the village, Ousmane Zongo, told Agence France-Presse the gunmen then burst into the church.
“They started firing as the congregation tried to flee,” he told the news agency. “They burned down the church, then shops and a small restaurant before going to the health center where they searched the premises and set fire to the head nurse’s vehicle."
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