17 killed in attacks in Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou: At least seventeen people were killed in two attacks in the north of Burkina Faso, security sources said. They were the latest in a series of attacks that claimed 17 lives in violence generally blamed on a long-running jihadist insurgency in the poor, fragile Sahel region. Seven people were killed on Saturday at around 6:00 pm local time, by an armed group in Deneon village in Bam province, one security source told AFP. A soldier was also killed on Saturday when an army unit was attacked in Deou in Soum province, said another security source, who confirmed the attack on Deneon. Security sources already reported a deadly raid Saturday morning on another northern village, Komsilga, in Zimtanga district. Around 20 attackers on motorbikes killed nine villagers and set fire to shops and motorcycles.