Pansi church shooting

Pansi church shooting
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the Insurgency in the Sahel
Pansi church shooting is located in Burkina Faso
Pansi church shooting
Pansi church shooting (Burkina Faso)
LocationPansi, Yagha Province, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso
Coordinates13°13′56″N 0°52′55″E / 13.2323°N 0.8819°E / 13.2323; 0.8819
Date16 February 2020
TargetChurchgoers
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths24[1]
Injured18[1]
PerpetratorsAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[citation needed]

On 16 February 2020 a large group of gunmen attacked a Protestant service being hosted in the village of Pansi, Burkina Faso. Pansi, a rural village in Yagha Province in the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso, was targeted by terrorists who wanted to loot supplies and dissuade the local population from attending or supporting church services.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UsNews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Attaque meurtrière contre une église dans le nord du Burkina Faso" (in French). France24. 17 February 2020.