At least 14 dead in Burkina Faso church attack
10:12, 2 December 2019YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. At least 14 people were gunned down in an attack on a church in Hantoukoura, a village in eastern Burkina Faso, Reuters reports.
The unidentified gunmen carried out the attack on Sunday morning.
According to France Press, there were 12 perpetrators. The victims include children and the priest of the church.
Another attack had taken place in the same region earlier on November 6, when gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying mine workers. 39 were killed in this incident.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
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