Guest
Guest
Sep 08, 2021
3:18 AM
|
Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national abducted near a nature reserve in eastern Burkina Faso have been killed.
The Europeans were part of an anti-poaching patrol that was ambushed by gunmen near Pama Reserve on Monday.
Burkina Faso government officials confirmed their deaths on Tuesday. A local soldier was also abducted, but his status is unknown.
It remains unclear who carried out the attack.
Burkina Faso's war against militant Islamists
Is Africa overtaking the Middle East as jihadist battleground?
Country profile
The West African country is facing a deepening security crisis, like many of its neighbours, as Islamist armed groups carry out raids and kidnappings across much of the region.
What do we know about the attack?
The patrol on Monday included soldiers, forest rangers and foreign reporters.
Two soldiers wounded in the ambush told the Associated Press (AP) news agency the attack had been launched by jihadists who had outnumbered the patrol. pgslot
One of the soldiers was shot in the leg and the other in his arm, causing it to be amputated, according to AP. The soldiers said they had tried to form a protective shield around the foreigners, but realised when the shooting stopped that they had disappeared.
Vehicles and weapons were also seized in the attack.
|
