Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, Dec 5, 2019 / 00:09 am
Following the death of more than a dozen Christians in a church shooting over the weekend, a Burkina Faso bishop said Western governments have a responsibility to stop the flow of weapons to militants in the region.
"The Western powers should stop those who are committing these crimes, instead of selling them the weapons that they are using to kill the Christians," Bishop Justin Kientega of Ouahigouya told Aid to the Church in Need.
On Sunday, gunmen in the eastern Burkina Faso town of Hantoukoura attacked a protestant church service, killing 14 people, including several children.
"I condemn the barbaric attack against the Protestant Church of Hantoukoura in the department of Foutouri, which left 14 dead and several wounded. I offer my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded," President Roch Marc Kaboré tweeted late Sunday.