Burkina Faso begins two days of national mourning after 41 people were killed a deadly attack by suspected militants
The attack was the deadliest in Burkina Faso since mid-November when 57 people, including 53 gendarmes, were killed.
"The search mission in the area of an ambush by armed terrorist groups... has established a toll of 41 bodies. The president decrees national mourning of 48 hours," said a government statement issued on Saturday evening. Volunteers receive 14 days of training and are then sent out on patrols and surveillance missions, equipped with light arms.
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