Militants kill 36 civilians in Burkina Faso market attack -govt

Thirty-six civilians were killed in Burkina Faso on Monday in what the government called a terrorist attack on a market in Sanmatenga province.

Armed militants attacked people in the market of the village of Alamou before burning it to the ground, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. 

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