Human Rights Watch says Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo
In this file photo taken on March 02, 2019 Burkinabe soldiers take part in a ceremony in Ouagadougou.
The men, all from the Fulani ethnic group, were allegedly killed just hours after being arrested on April 9 during a government counterterrorism operation, the New York-based rights group said.It made "a brutal mockery of a counterterrorism operation that may amount to a war crime and could fuel further atrocities", said Corinne Dufka, the HRW's director for the Sahel region.
Local people speculated that the Fulani had been targeted because of the recent presence of some armed militants around Djibo. The victims were taken away in a convoy of about 10 military vehicles including pickup trucks, an armoured car and motorcycles, it said.
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