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Gunmen kill nine in Burkina Faso

Gunmen kill nine in Burkina Faso

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed nine people and wounded nine more in a road ambush in northern Burkina Faso yesterday, security sources and local sources said. The attack happened between the towns of Markoye and Tokabangou, where residents were on their way to a weekly market across the nearby border in Dolbel, Niger, said three security sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. An initial death toll of eight was revised up after one person died of injuries. Attacks are common in the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where Islamist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State…
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