Burkina Faso: At least 100 killed by gunmen in ‘barbaric’ attack on village, government says |

At least 100 people have been killed by gunmen in a “barbaric” attack on a village in Burkina Faso, the country’s deadliest in years, authorities have said.

The local market and several homes in Solhan – a northern village in Yagha province bordering Niger, in the Sahel region of Africa – were also burned down, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement.

He blamed jihadists for the attack, which took place during the night on Friday.