(MENAFN)According to a security source to Xinhua, some 20 civilians wasted their lives in a raid by unknown gunmen in the northeast Sahel district in Burkina Faso.
A group of gunmen had done a raid at the Tin-Akoff locality, the Oudalan province in the deadly attack prone Sahel region, the sources further declared.
The source in the capital Ouagadougou also stated that "They killed about 20 people and injured many others."
One member of the Volunteers for the Defense of the Motherland, armed civilians backing Burkina Faso army, indicated that the raiders showed in a large number on motorbikes in the village and shot at the crowds.
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