Suspected Terrorist Attack on Protestant Church Leaves 14 Dead in Burkina Faso: Reports

'The pastor and children' were executed at the church, official says

Burkina Faso, where more than a dozen people were killed during a terrorist attack on a Protestant church in Hantoukoura on Dec. 1, 2019. Google Maps

The president of Burkina Faso said on Sunday that more than a dozen people were killed during a suspected terrorist attack on a Protestant church in Hantoukoura, located in the east of the West African country.

On Twitter, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Sunday that he condemned “the barbaric attack” in the town of Hantoukoura. He added that several people were wounded.