In Burkina Faso, a priest and his sons are killed by six terrorists during an attack in a church | World | New

Jihadists entered the church in the town of Silgadji, near Djibo, in the province of Soum, West Africa, and shot dead six people towards the end of Sunday worship. Priest Pierre Ouedraogo was killed in the horror attack, as well as his two sons, reports BBC Africa. A church member said, "The attack took place around 1 pm, at which time the faithful were leaving the church at the end of the service.

"The attackers were on a motorcycle. They shot in the air before targeting members of the congregation. "

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the affected country later this week.

In Burkina Faso, jihadists have experienced a surge of killings, although the terrible shooting on Sunday is the first case where an attack took place in a church in the small town.

A former colonial leader, France responded by deploying 4,500 soldiers in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad to try to rid the regions of jihadist groups.

The G5 Sahel Force, a transnational anti-jihadist military operation, was created by international nations to help the situation.

Although a United Nations (UN) report revealed that the situation was only worsening.

The report said security has "deteriorated rapidly in the last six months" in the region between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

He also referred to attacks spreading to the east of Burkina Faso.

Attacks on churches as part of a global crackdown on Christianity are becoming more common in other countries such as India, Pakistan and China.

A few days ago, a Baptist pastor was charged with "illegal" missionary work, closed churches and fined as a result of arrest.

A Baptist congregation of Verkhnebakansky, near the coast of the Black Sea, was shocked when law enforcement authorities broke in and interrupted a service commemorating the Annunciation – a celebration of the day when the day was over. Angel Gabriel had announced to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus.

A few days later, however, on April 9, Pastor Yury Korniyenko, 71, was formally charged with carrying out "illegal" missionary work. In places such as China, worshipers have been arrested for refusing to remove crosses and other religious propaganda.