Al-Qaeda Massacred 600 People in a Few Hours In This West African Country

Around 600 people were massacred within a few hours by members of organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda in a violent attack on August 24 on the Barsalogho town in Burkina Faso, claimed a report on Friday.

Most victims of this terror attack in Barsalogho were women and children, who were shot dead by the jihadist rebels affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

The members of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an Al-Qaeda affiliate based in Mali and active in Burkina Faso was involved in this shoot out. They arrived on bikes and shot down the victims.

The United Nations estimated a death count of around 200, JNIM said it had killed nearly 300 “fighters”. But a CNN report citing a French government security assessment, stated that up to 600 people were shot dead in the attack.

Since the start of the conflict in 2015, more than 20,000 people have been killed and over two million displaced in Burkina Faso, one of the world’s poorest countries.