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Death toll in Burkina Faso militant attacks mounts to 132

<span style="color: #222222;">The death toll from one of the deadliest militant attacks in West African country, Burkina Faso has risen to 132 after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast of the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a statement the Burkina Faso government said that the attackers struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province, bordering Niger.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They also burned homes and the market.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The United Nations said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was outraged by the attack, whose victims included seven children.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In March, attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger<b>.</b></span><br />''  <br />

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