Burkina Faso authorities launch an investigation after at least 28 bodies were found in northwest of the country
Attacks targeting the security forces and civilians have increased in recent months, especially in the northern and eastern regions of the country.
Attacks targeting the security forces and civilians have increased in recent months, especially in northern and eastern regions bordering Mali and Niger, which are also battling militants. Preliminary reports "indicate 28 people killed," it said, adding that an investigation had been opened and urging calm.The CISC organisation denounced the violence as "reprisals targeting civilians" by armed civilians claiming to be members of the VDP auxiliary force who "freely engage in organised looting and targeted abuses of civilian population."
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