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Burkina Faso massacre toll rises to 160: local sources

OUAGADOUGOU, June 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from the massacre at the village of Solhan in northeast Burkina Faso has risen to 160, local officials told AFP Sunday.

Local people have recovered a total of 160 bodies, including around 20 children, from three mass graves, said a local elected official, a figure confirmed by another local source.

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