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MYSTERIOUS: Burkina faso prosecutor says around 170 executed in attacks on villages - You Need To See This

A picture take on October 30, 2018 shows Burkinabe gendarmes in the city of Ouhigouya in the north of the country where 170 people were reportedly executed on 25 February. AFP - ISSOUF SANOGO

Around 170 people were "executed" in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor said in a statement on Sunday.

Prosecutor Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on 25 February, with a provisional toll of "around 170 people executed".

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