Survivors of ‘massacre’ in Burkina Faso blame security forces | News

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The massacre, which is being blamed on the country’s security forces, took place last week in the northern village of Karma and surrounding areas.

Residents and survivors of an alleged massacre in a Burkina Faso village say 136 people, including women and infants, were killed as they blamed security forces for the April 20 attack.

“We were on the way to the well with my donkey when we saw them moving towards us,” Belem Lassane, a child survivor, told Al Jazeera on Saturday. “We hid in our homes. Our father came out. They took our identifications and started firing at them, killing…



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