24 killed after gunmen go on rampage during Burkina Faso church service

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Pretoria – Gunmen killed 24 people including a pastor in an attack on Sunday during a service at a Protestant church in Burkina Faso’s Yagha province, local and international media reported.

News website Today Nigeria said it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack in the village of Pansi, but the area has had several such incidents where jihadists targeted Christians.

The governor of the region, Colonel Salfo Kabore, said a group of armed terrorists raided the village and attacked local residents after having identified them and separated them from non-residents.

“The provisional toll is 24 killed, including the pastor … 18 wounded and individuals who were kidnapped,” UK publication Daily Mail quoted Kabore as saying.

Pansi villagers fled to the nearby town of Sebba for safety, the Daily Mail said, citing a Sebba resident.