Militants attacked a market in Burkina Faso’s Sanmatenga province, killing at least 36 people and wounding several others, the government said Tuesday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Associated Press.
The gunmen then burned the market, according to a government statement.
The violence is the latest in a surge of attacks in the West African nation’s north that led to the displacement of more than half a million people last year.
The government urged people to collaborate with defense and security forces to restore safety.
President Roch Marc Kabore called for two days of national mourning beginning Wednesday for the victims of the attack.