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Gunmen described as jihadists have invaded a village in northern Burkina Faso, killing 15 people, looting and burning shops and motorcycles, a local governor said on Saturday.
The raid took place in the night from Thursday to Friday with "about 20 individuals who attacked the village of Diblou," said a security source who brought the death toll to 14.
But a statement by North Central Governor Casimir Segueda said 15 people had been killed and the village market burned down.
One resident said that "terrorists set fire to shops and motorcycles".
"Almost all the market has been looted," added the resident.
The poor Sahelian state is wrestling with a wave of increasingly strong jihadist attacks over the past four years, which began in the north of the country but has since spread to the east. , near the border with Togo and Benin.
Most attacks in the former French colony are attributed to the jihadist group Ansarul Islam, which appeared near the Malian border in December 2016, and the JNIM (support group for Islam and Muslims), who swore allegiance to Al Qaeda in Islam The Maghreb.
These groups have reportedly been responsible for around 500 deaths since 2015. The capital Ouagadougou has been attacked three times.
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