CNN —Roughly 100 civilians were reportedly killed during a massacre on a village in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the European Union’s diplomatic service said Monday.
“Nearly a hundred civilians, including women and children, are reported to have been killed in a massacre in the village of Zaongo, in the north-central region of Burkina Faso,” the EU External Action (EEAS) said in a statement.
In early April, authorities blamed terrorists for the killing of at least 44 people in separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso.
Later that month, 136 others, including babies were killed in a similar onslaught on a village in the same region by armed men in military uniform.
Burkina Faso has been the epicenter of violence that has spread across the vast Sahel region by Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Persons:
d’état, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Authorities, Islamic, Amnesty International, Burkina Faso ”
Locations:
West, Burkina Faso, Zaongo, al Qaeda