OUAGADOUGOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 20 people, including army auxiliaries, were killed in two recent attacks by gunmen in the northwest and east of Burkina Faso, security sources told Xinhua Monday.
A local security source said an armed terrorist group stormed Yargatenga village, Koulpelogo province in the Centre-Est Region of Burkina Faso, Sunday evening, and "About ten people were killed, including two Volunteers for the Defense of the Motherland (VDP), the military auxiliaries in the country."
A corroborating security source said the provisional death toll stood at 12.
On Thursday, at least seven VDP lost their lives in a clash with the armed terrorist group in Dembo in northwest Burkina Faso. ■