'Jihadist attack' kills around 20 civilians in Burkina Faso: Security source

The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants, a security source said.

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OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected jihadists killed around 20 civilians in northern Burkina Faso in an attack overnight on the village of Bani, in Seno province, a security source said Sunday.

"The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants," one security source told AFP.