Burkina Faso Says at Least 100 Civilians Killed in Attack

Burkina Faso Says at Least 100 Civilians Killed in Attack
Burkinabe police patrol in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Aug. 14, 2017. Ahmed Ouoba/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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NIAMEY, Niger—Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years.

The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market and several homes were also burned down in the area toward the border of Niger, he said.