NNA - Suspected extremists killed at least 27 people in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, sources said on Monday.

In the northwest of the country, “about 15” people, some of them children, were killed late Sunday at Bourasso in Kossi province, a security official said, giving a provisional toll.

A local inhabitant put the number of fatalities at around 20.

“Armed men moved around the village at around 5:00 pm, firing in the air. They came back at night and blindly opened fire on people,” the source said.

In northern Burkina Faso, 12 people died on Saturday in an attack at Namissiguima in Yatenga province, another security source said, also speaking on condition of anonymity. --AFP

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