Rare firsthand accounts from a village massacre spotlight a stark increase in civilian killings by Burkina Faso security forces as the junta fights an insurgency.
Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The scenes were horrifying, but the 32-year-old farmer felt he had to document them, as proof of the carnage in his central Burkina Faso village. More than a dozen relatives were killed Nov.
It’s unclear what prompted the attack, but locals said most times, security forces think villagers are working with extremists. Since seizing power in September 2022, the junta has threatened rights groups and journalists and carried out attacks against civilians. It's on a war footing as it tries to beat back the militants, who've overtaken more than half the country, according to conflict analysts and experts.
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