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BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen ‘Kill Six’ and burns down church in Burkina Faso

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Gunmen have burned down a church during mass and killed six people, including a priest, in Burkina Faso, reports say.

The morning attack happened in the northern town of Dablo, security sources and local official said.

“Towards 9.00 [local time 10:00 GMT), during mass, armed individuals burst into the Catholic church…They started firing as the congregation tried to flee,” the mayor of Dablo, Ousmane Zongo, told news agency AFP.

This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

Source: BBC.com

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