35 civilians got killed after terror attack on Burkina Faso military base & Arbinda town

As many as
35 civilians, mostly women, were killed after terrorists attacked a military
base and a town in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday, country’s President Roch
Marc Kabore said.

The army
earlier said the morning attack had left seven soldiers, several civilians and
80 militants dead, in the latest jihadist violence to hit the country.

The incident
occurred in the town of Arbinda in country’s Soum province, as per a statement
by Kabore posted on his Twitter handle.

“The
heroic action of our soldiers made it possible to neutralise eighty terrorists
and to recover important military equipment and means of locomotion,” read
the statement.

“This
barbaric attack resulted in the death of thirty-five civilian victims, the vast
majority of whom were women,” Kabore said.

There was no
immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The President has declared
two days of national mourning.  Further
details of the incident are awaited.