HRW: The army of Burkina Faso has arbitrarily killed 223 civilians
The army of Burkina Faso has arbitrarily killed 223 civilians, including several infants and many other children, in attacks against two villages accused of collaborating with armed militias. This is according to the report of the Human Rights Watch organization released yesterday Thursday.
The army of Burkina Faso has arbitrarily killed 223 civilians, including several infants and many other children, in attacks against two villages accused of collaborating with armed militias. This is according to the report of the Human Rights Watch organization released yesterday Thursday.
The Human Rights Watch yesterday explained that the massacre occurred on the 25th of February this year in the villages of Nondin and Soro in the north of Burkina Faso and that 56 children were among the victims of the arbitrary killing by the Burkina Faso army. HRW has asked the United Nations and the African Union to provide investigators and support local efforts to bring the perpetrators of the killing to justice.
Tirana Hassan, the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch has explained that the mass killings that took place in the villages of Nondin and Soro in the north of Burkina Faso are the latest killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their operations against armed militant groups.
The militants who have been creating chaos by carrying out frequent attacks against civilians and against government areas and thus disrupting the security situation in Burkina Faso.
Tirana added that: "International support is necessary to help carry out a credible investigation on possible crimes against humanity."
Earlier this April, the Associated Press confirmed an attack by the Burkina Faso army on November 5 in another village in the country that killed approximately 70 people. The Burkina Faso army accused the villagers of collaborating with armed militias and then killed the villagers. even babies.
