Gunmen burst into a church in Burkina Faso on Sunday and sprayed worshippers with bullets. At least four people died in the attack on the Catholic chapel at Toulfé, a village in northern Burkina Faso. Reports described the assailants as “unidentified armed individuals”, but it is thought that they were jihadists responsible for a recent string of massacres.
The first reported incident took place on Sunday, May 12, when up to 30 gunmen burst into a Mass in the village of Dablo. They killed six people, including the celebrant, then burnt down the church. The following day, four Catholics were murdered during a Marian procession in the town of Ouahigouya. The killers set fire to a statue of the Virgin Mary before they left.
