Salmossi mosque attack

Salmossi mosque attack
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the Insurgency in the Sahel
LocationSalmossi, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso
Date11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)
TargetWorshippers
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths16
Injured2

The Salmossi mosque attack occurred on the evening of Friday, 11 October 2019 in a mosque in Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso which left 16 people dead and two injured.[1] It happened while the residents were praying inside the Grand Mosque in Salmossi, a village close to the border with Mali. AFP reported that 13 people died on the spot while 3 died later due to the injuries.[2]

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