"In this backlash, we will make sure that the enemy knows that we will never again accept such barbarity on our territory," Burkina Faso's security minister Mahamadou Sana said. "In any case, we want to assure the Burkinabe people that we are committed to protecting the Burkinabe and their property and will stand firm," he promised.
According to a video that has been circulating, which lasts just under a minute, dozens of bodies can be counted in a trench...We understood that these were people who had been requisitioned to dig trenches for the army and the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP). This indicates the tragic circumstances in which innocent people met their fate.
The attack is said to have lasted almost eight hours...Regional observers described it as one of the deadliest attacks this year in the West African nation.
According to a hospital source in Kaya, more than 100 injured people are being treated in the city's largest hospital after the attack. This highlights the extensive damage inflicted upon the locals during the violent event.
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