Bourasso and Namissiguima massacres | |
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Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
Location | Bourasso, Kossi Province and Namissiguima, Yatenga, Burkina Faso |
Date | July 2–4, 2022 |
Deaths | Total: 34 killed (per Burkinabe government)[1] Bourasso: 22 killed (per Burkinabe government)[2] 30+ killed (per local officials)[3] Namissiguima: 12 killed (per Burkinabe government)[2] 9 killed (per local officials)[4] |
Perpetrator | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
In early July 2022, two separate massacres occurred in Bourasso, Kossi Province and Namissiguima Department, Yatenga Province in Burkina Faso. The massacre in Bourasso killed 22 people, and the one in Namissiguima killed 12.[5]