Burkina Faso attackers identified as mostly young people

A government spokesperson has said children and adolescents made up the bulk of an armed group that killed at least 100 people in an attack on a village in northeast Burkina Faso earlier this month but eyewitnesses contradict the official account.

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Photo: Burkinabè army patrol. The army has been struggling to contain militant violence. Credit: AFP