Nine people were killed when suspected jihadists attacked a mosque in northeastern Burkina Faso, on Thursday, 12th January.
According to Local sources, the attack happened at around nightfall on Wednesday in the village of Goulgountou in Burkina’s Sahel region.
The assailants arrived on motorbikes and herded the worshippers inside the mosque, a witness said.
According to the witness, they separated out the women, children and elderly.
They made sermons to them, trying to convince the worshippers to abandon their form of faith and embrace theirs.
The discussion started with the imam, and because he refused he was executed, the source added.
“They tried to cut his throat, but he fought back, saying he wanted to die standing, so the terrorists shot him in the head,” a local resident said, adding that he had attended the victims’ funeral on Thursday.
“Eight other worshippers, mainly community leaders, were shot dead in the same way,” the source added.