Recent Extremist Attacks Kill 32 People in Burkina Faso

Recent Extremist Attacks Kill 32 People in Burkina Faso
File photo of Burkinabe police patrol on Aug. 14, 2017. Ahmed Ouoba/AFP via Getty Images
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Multiple terrorist attacks across Burkina Faso over several days have resulted in the death of at least 32 people, including soldiers and civilians, government authorities said Tuesday.

Burkina Faso’s State Information Agency posted on its Facebook page that a dozen soldiers and a civilian were killed Monday in Falagountou in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region during clashes between the military and terrorists. Another 20 people were killed in two attacks over the weekend in the country’s east-central and western regions.