Death toll from suspected militants attack in Burkina Faso's volatile north climbs to 138
A soldier stands guard in an APC outside the Splendid Hotel that was attacked in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 18, 2016.
"Several injured have succumbed to their wounds and new bodies have been discovered. The still provisional toll is 138 deaths," one local official said Saturday evening. A security source lamented "the heavy human toll, the worst recorded to date," while warning it could still increase. The assailants struck around 2:00 am against a position of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Motherland , a civilian defence force which backs the national army, before attacking homes and carrying out "executions," a local source said.
The volunteers are given two weeks' military training before working alongside the security forces, typically carrying out surveillance, information-gathering or escort duties.The government said that "the defence and security forces are at work to neutralise these terrorists and restore calm to populated areas."
On May 14, Defence Minister Cheriff Sy and military top brass visited Sebba to assure people that life had returned to normal, following a number of military operations.
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